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She lay at his feet until the morning, then she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
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Verse 14. Hither. The next kinsman might otherwise allege this as a pretext for not marrying her, (Salien) as people are but too apt to suspect the worst, though nothing amiss had passed between them. Bible.—Booz consulted his own as well as Ruth’s reputation: for the apostle admonishes us to abstain from every appearance of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:22. Menochius.
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