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What does Ruth 3:18 mean?
"Then she said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know what will happen; for the man will not rest until he has settled this today.”"
— Ruth 3:18 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He said, “Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.” She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; then he went into the city.
When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all that the man had done for her.
She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”
Then she said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know what will happen; for the man will not rest until he has settled this today.”
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