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they thought to be right.
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aHeb negeb
bHeb shephelah
cLXX (cf 1 Sam 15:6); MT people
dOr destruction
eHeb uncertain
fOr weepers or weeping
gOr judges
hHeb asherim; perhaps objects or a pole devoted to the goddess Asherah
iHeb uncertain
jOr he
kOr a woman of torches
lMT adds before the edge of the sword.
mOr I
nHeb uncertain
oHeb uncertain
pHeb uncertain
qHeb adds for me.
rOr From Ephraim their root
sLXX; MT in Amalek
tLXX; MT cried
uOr each and every one of them
vAn ephah is approximately twenty quarts.
wHeb asherah; perhaps an object or a pole devoted to the goddess Asherah
xOr Mount Gilead
yMT places the words with their hands to their mouths after the word lapped.
zOr the ones who lapped took the people's supplies and trumpets for themselves.
aOr in peace
bOr the road of the tent dwellers
cCf 8:7, cf LXX; MT he taught a lesson to
dHeb ephod
eHeb uncertain
fLXX; MT he
gCf 9:41; Heb Tormah
hOr the Diviners' Oak
iOr Red Sea
jLXX, Syr; MT seventh
kOr struck them hip and thigh
lOr Jawbone Hill
mOr Caller's Spring
nLXX; MT lacks spread.
oLXX; MT lacks and pull it… other person.
pLXX; MT lacks so she got him… on a loom.
qLXX; MT she began to torment him.
rOr When their hearts were glad
sor so I can have revenge on the Philistines for one of my two eyes
tThe words and now I'll give it back to you are relocated from the end of 17:3 in Heb.
uOr god's house
vHeb ephod
wHeb terafim
xOr to carry on his work
yHeb adds and the Levite went.
zHeb uncertain
aOr with Aram
bOr with Aram
cOr Manasseh
dLXX; MT to the LORD's house
eOr Peace be with you
fLXX; MT lacks We'll march up.
gCf LXX; Heb uncertain
hLXX, Vulg, Syr; MT adds seven hundred specially chosen men were called up.
i20:22 and 20:23 are reversed.
jHeb Geba
kHeb uncertain
lLXX; MT to a resting place
mOr peace
Ruth
The family in Moab
Ruth 1During the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. A man with his wife and two sons went from Bethlehem of Judah to dwell in the territory of Moab. 2The name of that man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the territory of Moab and settled there.
3But Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died. Then only she was left, along with her two sons. 4They took wives for themselves, Moabite women; the name of the first was Orpah and the name of the second was Ruth. And they lived there for about ten years.
5But both of the sons, Mahlon and Chilion, also died. Only the woman was left, without her two children and without her husband.
6Then she arose along with her daughters-in-law to return from the field of Moab, because while in the territory of Moab she had heard that the LORD had paid attention to his people by providing food for them. 7She left the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law went with her. They went along the road to return to the land of Judah.
8Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, "Go, turn back, each of you to the household of your mother. May the LORD deal faithfully with you, just as you have done with the dead and with me. 9May the LORD provide for you so that you may find security, each woman in the household of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
10But they replied to her, "No, instead we will return with you, to your people."
11Naomi replied, "Turn back, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Will there again be sons in my womb, that they would be husbands for you?12Turn back, my daughters. Go. I am too old for a husband. If I were to say that I have hope, even if I had a husband tonight, and even more, if I were to bear sons--13would you wait until they grew up? Would you refrain from having a husband? No, my daughters. This is more bitter for me than for you, since the LORD's will has come out against me."
14Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her. 15Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her gods. Turn back after your sister-in-law."
16But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to abandon you, to turn back from following after you. Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do this to me and more so if even death separates me from you."18When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her about it.
19So both of them went along until they arrived at Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem, the whole town was excited on account of them, and the women of the town asked, "Can this be Naomi?"
20She replied to them, "Don't call me Naomi,a but call me Mara,b for the Almightyc has made me very bitter. 21I went away full, but the LORD has returned me empty. Why would you call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has deemed me guilty?"
22Thus Naomi returned. And Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, returned with her from the territory of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Gleaning in Bethlehem
Ruth 2Now Naomi had a respected