Ruth 1:22

New Century Version

So Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth, the Moabite, returned from Moab and arrived at Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:9

David gave these seven sons to the Gibeonites. Then the Gibeonites killed them and hung them on stakes on a hill in the presence of the Lord. All seven sons died together. They were put to death during the first days of the harvest season at the beginning of barley harvest.

Leviticus 23:10

“Tell the people of Israel: ‘You will enter the land I will give you and gather its harvest. At that time you must bring the first bundle of grain from your harvest to the priest.

Leviticus 23:11

The priest will present the bundle before the Lord, and it will be accepted for you; he will present the bundle on the day after the Sabbath.

Ruth 2:23

So Ruth continued working closely with the workers of Boaz, gathering grain until the barley harvest and the wheat harvest were finished. And she continued to live with Naomi, her mother-in-law.

Ruth 2:6

The servant answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.