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'''Ruth''' ({{Hebrew Name|רות|Rūth}}; [[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Ῥούθ''', ''Rhouth''; [[Latin]]: '''Ruth'''; "[[Name means::friend]]") (m. [[Married::2682 AM]], [[Married::Tammuz 2692 AM]]) was a [[Moab]]itish woman who married two [[Israel]]ites and became an ancestress of [[ancestor of::Jesus Christ]]. Her story is one of great faith, demonstrated almost flawlessly.<ref name=Barton>Barton GA, ''et al.'', "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=483&letter=R Ruth, Book of]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', 1906. Accessed January 20, 2009.</ref><ref name=women>"[http://www.womeninthebible.net/1.13.Ruth.htm Ruth, Naomi and Boaz: A Story of Loyalty and Love]," Women in the Bible, n.d. Accessed January 22, 2009.</ref><ref name=Constable>Constable TL, "[http://www.soniclight.com/constable/notes/pdf/ruth.pdf Notes on Ruth]," SonicLight.com, 2009. Accessed January 22, 2009.</ref><ref name=Levin>Levin M, "[http://www.torah.org/learning/ruth/class5.html Ruth]," Torah.org, 2005. Accessed January 20, 2009.</ref><ref name=Fox>Fox B, "[http://www.mesora.org/RabbiFox/Shavuot64.htm The Book of Ruth: A Lesson in Virtues]," Mesora.org, n.d. Accessed January 20, 2009.</ref><ref name=Gigot>Gigot, Francis. "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13276a.htm Book of Ruth]." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Accessed January 22, 2009.</ref><ref name=stevenson>Stevenson J, "[http://www.angelfire.com/nt/theology/ruth.html Ruth: the Romance of Redemption]," Redeemer Bible College, n.d. Accessed January 22, 2009.</ref>

Ruth continued to glean for three months, through the barley and [[wheat]] harvests. Then Naomi held a frank discussion with Ruth. Naomi sought to provide for Ruth's security. Naomi specifically called Ruth's attention to Boaz' position as a possible redeemer ({{Hebrew Name|גאל|gaʼal}}). The ''ga'al'' was the nearest male relative to an impoverished man, or especially a deceased man who had left no issue or whose estate was encumbered by debt. The duties of the ''ga'al'' were these:

The unnamed kinsman ({{Hebrew Name|פלני אלמני|pelōnī ʼālmōnī}}, or literally, "Mr. So-and-so"<ref name=ou>"[http://www.ou.org/chagim/shavuot/ruth.htm The Story of Ruth]," OU.org, n.d. Accessed January 20, 2009.</ref>) who is willing to redeem the land alone but not to redeem Ruth, is a type of any person or institution that human beings think can redeem them, though no one can offer the redemption that Christ offers.