Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ruth+002   Ruth Chapter Two (ESV) 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ruth+001     Ruth Introduction   The short book of Ruth is a bridge between the two major parts of Israel’s covenant history. The first part (Genesis–Judges) focuses on how Abraham’s descendants became a nation and on the covenant God made with Israel. The second part (Samuel–Kings) tells the story of […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Judges+021   Judges Chapter Twenty One（ESV） 16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?” 17 And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Judges+020   Judges Chapter Twenty（ESV） 18 The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel and inquired of God, “Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?” And the Lord said, “Judah shall go up first.” 19 Then the people of Israel rose in […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Judges+019   Judges Chapter Nineteen（ESV） 17 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city. And the old man said, “Where are you going? And where do you come from?” 18 And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah […]