Ruth 1:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Naomi returned together with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:9

he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the mountain before the Lord. The seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.

Leviticus 23:10

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

Leviticus 23:11

He shall raise the sheaf before the Lord, that you may find acceptance; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall raise it.

Ruth 2:23

So she stayed close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests, and she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 2:6

The young man who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.