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ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY

Ruth Is a Loyal FriendRUTH CHAPTERS 1-4

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NAOMI, A WIDOW IN MOAB, DECIDED TO MOVEBACK TO HER HOMELAND, ISRAEL. HER TWOMOABITE DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, RUTH ANDORPAH, BEGAN THE JOURNEY WITH HER.

AFTER THEY HAD TRAVELED A WHILE, NAOMISTOPPED AND TURNED TO RUTH AND ORPAH.

MY DAUGHTERS, YOURHUSBANDS HAVE DIED, AND YOUSHOULD FIND NEW HUSBANDSIN YOUR OWN LAND, MOAB.

GO BACK TO YOURMOTHERS AND YOUR HOMES.

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I DON’TWANT TO

LEAVE, BUTNAOMI IS RIGHT,

RUTH.

MOAB ISTHE ONLY HOME WE’VE

EVER KNOWN! OUR MOTHERSARE IN MOAB, OUR FAMILIESARE IN MOAB, OUR FRIENDS

ARE IN MOAB.

I’MGOINGHOME.

BUT ORPAH,NAOMI IS ALSO OUR

FAMILY. AND HER GOD,JEHOVAH, IS MERCIFULAND KIND. THE GODS

OF MOAB ARECRUEL.

LOOK! ORPAHIS RETURNING TO HER

PEOPLE AND HER GODS.YOU SHOULD GO

WITH HER.

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NO...I WILL NOTABANDON

YOU.

WHEREYOU GO

I WILL GO.

YOURPEOPLE

WILL BE MYPEOPLE.

ANDYOUR GODWILL BE MY

GOD.

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WHEN THEY RETURNED TO ISRAEL,RUTH COLLECTED FOOD FOR HERSELFAND FOR NAOMI BY GLEANING BARLEYIN THE FIELDS OF A MAN NAMED BOAZ.

WHO ISTHAT YOUNGWOMAN?

SHE RETURNEDWITH NAOMI FROM

MOAB. SHE HAS BEENON HER FEET SINCE

SHE CAME THISMORNING.

MAY JEHOVAHBLESS YOU, RUTH.

EVERYONE IN THE CITYKNOWS THAT YOU ARE AN

EXCELLENT WOMAN.

BOAZ MARRIED RUTH, AND THEY HAD A SON NAMEDOBED. OBED’S GRANDSON BECAME A FAMOUS ISRAELITEKING. DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE? (READ RUTH 4:22.)

WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THISSTORY?HOW DID RUTH SHOW LOYAL LOVE FORNAOMI?

CLUE: RUTH 1:14, 16, 17; 2:11, 12.HOW DID JEHOVAH SHOW LOYAL LOVEFOR RUTH AND NAOMI?

CLUE: RUTH 4:13-15.HOW CAN YOU SHOW LOYAL LOVEFOR YOUR FRIENDS?

CLUE: PROVERBS 17:17; 18:24.

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