Destitute and feeling bitter, Naomi returns home to the village of Bethlehem with her daughter-in-law Ruth, after spending years in the land of Moab. They were both widows and their future looked bleak. Ruth goes to gather grain in a field owned by a man named Boaz who unknown to her was a relative of Naomi's family. Ruth is encouraged to ask Boaz to perform a Levirate marriage with her so that a son can be born and inheritance returned to the line of her deceased husband. The principle of the 'Kinsman-Redeemer' is enacted and in the book of Ruth we see the picture of God as the redeemer of mankind. God looks on the needy and graciously acts as their redeemer and saviour.
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