I think this was a male celebration with no women present.
Threshing floor ruth 3.
Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
Go down to the threshing floor but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
3 wash put on perfume and get dressed in your best clothes.
3 one day ruth s mother in law naomi said to her my daughter i must find a home for you where you will be well provided for.
6 7 ruth lays down at boaz s feet.
Both before she went and after.
And she came softly uncovered his feet.
Here is what i wrote in my book unusual bible interpretations.
Ruth 3 6 and she went down unto the floor and did according to all that her mother in law bade her from the city of bethlehem from her mother in law s house there to the threshing floor of boaz which was at some distance from it and lower.
To them salvation is no more than a passport to heaven and a fire escape from hell.
Ruth 3 3 therefore wash yourself put on perfume and wear your best clothes.
She went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law told her.
2 boaz is a close relative of ours and he s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women.
And did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
Ruth and boaz at the threshing floor.
And after boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was cheerful he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain.
The threshing floor ruth 3 1 11 many believers are quite content just to be saved and know that when they die heaven is their home.
So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law instructed her.
If women were present it would be assumed that something immoral took place.
Their christianity is just a salvation that takes them to heaven when they die.
When ruth comes to the threshing floor she is in need and has responded to boaz s previous kindness and generosity ruth 2 8 13.
God s word translation ruth went to the threshing floor and did exactly as her mother in law had directed her.
This explains why boaz will later insist that no one know that a woman came to the threshing floor ruth 3 14.
The fact that her petition takes place at the threshing floor among the grain and the chaff is a beautiful symbol of man s need for redemption and god s identity as redeemer job 19 25.
Ruth and boaz at the threshing floor.
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2 now boaz with whose women you have worked is a relative of ours.
A faithful version and she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law had told her.