They tookfor themselvesMoabitewomen[as] wives;the nameof the onewas Orpahand the nameof the otherRuth.And they livedthereabout tenyears.
In thosedaysI alsosawthat the Jewshad marriedwomenfrom Ashdod,Ammon[and] Moab.
Salmonwas the fatherof Boazby Rahab,Boazwas the fatherof Obedby Ruth,and Obedthe fatherof Jesse.
"NoAmmoniteor Moabiteshall enterthe assemblyof the LORD;noneof their [descendants], evento the tenthgeneration,shall everenterthe assemblyof the LORD,
"Furthermore, you shall not intermarrywith them; you shall not giveyour daughtersto their sons,norshall you taketheir daughtersfor your sons.
Then Elimelech,Naomi'shusband,died;and she was leftwith her twosons.
Then bothMahlonand Chilionalsodied,and the womanwas bereftof her twochildrenand her husband.
