Ruth 1:22

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus it was that Naomi came back with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who accompanied her back from the plateau of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Cross References

Ruth 2:23

So she stayed gleaning with Boaz’s young women until the end of the barley and wheat harvests.

2 Samuel 21:9

and delivered them into the power of the Gibeonites, who then executed them on the mountain before the Lord. The seven fell at the one time; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest—that is, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Leviticus 23:10

Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you come into the land which I am giving you, and reap its harvest, you shall bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest,

Leviticus 23:11

who shall elevate the sheaf before the Lord that it may be acceptable on your behalf. On the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this.

Ruth 2:6

The young man overseeing the harvesters answered, “She is the young Moabite who came back with Naomi from the plateau of Moab.