Today's reading concludes the story of loyalty and romance with the marriage of Ruth and Boaz. Given the practices of the times, first Boaz had to prove that no one else had claim to Ruth, so that he could marry her (a sad reminder of the ways that women were treated as property in the ancient world).
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Reading the Bible in Its EntiretyIf you are planning to read the Bible in its entirety, you should read Ruth 4 today.
