Ruth: Where You Go, I Will Go

A famine, a move to a foreign land, and three funerals leave Naomi with nothing but two widowed daughters-in-law. When she sets out for home in Bethlehem, one of them, Ruth, refuses to leave her, and makes one of the most famous promises in the Bible.

We read the first chapter of the Book of Ruth in full, then step into its world: life in the time of the judges, the long, uneasy history between Israel and Moab, what it meant to be a widow with no sons, and why Bethlehem's barley harvest matters to how the story ends. We close with one question to carry with you.

Scripture reading: Ruth 1, from the World English Bible (British Edition), public domain.

Made with the assistance of AI, using an AI model of the host's voice.