Ruth 1:19
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So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageMoab was the territory east of the Dead Sea where Naomi had lived after leaving Judah during famine. Bethlehem was her hometown in Judah; her return there with Ruth marks the end of exile-like hardship and begins the community’s notice of her changed condition.
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Ruth 1:19 mentions Bethlehem and Moab.
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