The Life of Ruth — Loyalty and Redemption Quiz Flashcards

#1

What was Ruth's relationship to Naomi before they traveled to Bethlehem together?

📖 Ruth 1:4,14-16

#2

From what country was Ruth originally?

📖 Ruth 1:4

#3

What did Ruth do in the fields of Boaz to provide food for herself and Naomi?

📖 Ruth 2:3

#4

Who was Boaz in relation to Naomi's family?

📖 Ruth 2:1

#5

What notable instruction did Naomi give to Ruth regarding how to approach Boaz?

📖 Ruth 3:4-5

#6

Was there another kinsman-redeemer besides Boaz who had a prior claim to Naomi's property?

📖 Ruth 3:12

#7

What son was born to Ruth and Boaz?

📖 Ruth 4:17

#8

What was the reason Naomi's family had moved to Moab in the first place?

📖 Ruth 1:1

#2

Moab

Ruth was a Moabite woman who married Mahlon during Naomi's family's stay in Moab due to famine (Ruth 1:4).

Ruth 1:4

#1

Ruth was Naomi's daughter-in-law

Ruth was married to Mahlon, Naomi's son, making her Naomi's daughter-in-law. After Mahlon's death, Ruth chose to remain with Naomi rather than return to her own people (Ruth 1:14-16).

Ruth 1:4,14-16

#4

He was a relative (kinsman-redeemer) of Naomi's late husband

Boaz was a close relative (kinsman-redeemer) on Naomi's husband's side of the family, which made him eligible to redeem (buy back) Naomi's property and marry Ruth (Ruth 2:1, 3:11).

Ruth 2:1

#3

She gathered grain left behind after harvest

Ruth gleaned in the fields of Boaz, picking up grain stalks left behind by the harvesters, which was a provision for the poor according to Levitical law (Ruth 2:3).

Ruth 2:3

#6

Yes, there was a closer relative who had first right of redemption

There was a closer relative than Boaz who had first right of redemption, but he refused to redeem Naomi's property and marry Ruth because it would jeopardize his own inheritance (Ruth 3:12, 4:6).

Ruth 3:12

#5

She told Ruth to go to the threshing floor at night and uncover his feet

Naomi instructed Ruth to go to the threshing floor where Boaz was sleeping and uncover his feet as a sign of her request for him to be her kinsman-redeemer and marry her (Ruth 3:4-5, 11).

Ruth 3:4-5

#8

There was a famine in Judah

Naomi's husband Elimelech took his family to Moab to escape the famine that was occurring in Judah (Ruth 1:1).

Ruth 1:1

#7

Obed

Ruth and Boaz had a son named Obed, who became the father of Jesse and grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:17).

Ruth 4:17

#9

How many times did Ruth glean in Boaz's fields before he married her?

📖 Ruth 2:23

#10

Where is Ruth positioned in the biblical genealogy of Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew?

📖 Matthew 1:5

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#10

She is listed in the genealogy of Jesus as the great-grandmother of King David

Ruth is included in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:5 as the wife of Boaz and ancestor of King David, showing her importance in God's redemptive plan.

Matthew 1:5

#9

The text does not specify an exact number, but indicates it was during the barley and wheat harvests

Ruth gleaned throughout the barley harvest and into the wheat harvest, but the text does not give a specific number of days (Ruth 2:23, 3:2).

Ruth 2:23

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