Jeff Horch

Verses 1-2 The gate of the city was typically the primary entrance that people would use to enter and exit the city. There was often a lot of activity in this part of the city. The gate was the place…

Verse 1-2 Now that their physical needs have been met through the kindness of Boaz and the hard work of Ruth, Naomi wants to see Ruth provided for. She says to Ruth in verse 1, “My daughter, should I not…

Verse 1 A man named Boaz is introduced to us at the beginning of chapter 2 and he is described as a “worthy man” meaning he was a prominent man, an influential man, a wealthy man. Verse 1 gives us…

Verses 19-22 Naomi and Ruth returned to Bethlehem and verse 19 says the whole town was stirred. Everyone was talking about Naomi returning. And since it had been 10 years and those had been hard and difficult years she reflects…

This passage is the first place in the book of Ruth that we see the mention of the name and work of the Lord. Verse 6 says she didn’t just hear that there was no longer a famine but she…

Verses 3-5But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years,…

Now on the surface verse 1 may seem very unassuming and in fact, very ordinary. But it is a beginning line that is incredibly significant. When the writer begins, “In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine…