Ruth 1:22

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So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Bethlehem was a town in Judah, Naomi’s ancestral homeland, where she returned with Ruth after years in Moab, a territory east of the Dead Sea. Their arrival at the beginning of barley harvest sets the setting for God’s providential provision through the events that follow.

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Ruth 1:22 mentions Bethlehem and Moab.

Bethlehem · Berthold Werner
Moab · Adeeb Atwan

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