Lay It on Me

A T HRESHING B EFORE THE F INAL B LESSING / 81

purpose." Ultimately she went home betrothed to Boaz and her veil overflowing with grain! Boaz had decided that the time had come to "lay it on her". It was time to honor this woman for her obedience to God! This reminds me of the verse in Luke which says: Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you (Luke 6:38).  Good measure is the 30-fold level.  Pressed down and shaken together is the 60-fold level.  Running over is the 100-fold level. Ruth went from "just enough" to "enough and then some" and finally to the level of "more than enough". God brought increase! Because of Ruth's encounter with Boaz, he then performed the rite of the kinsman redeemer! T HE K INSMAN R EDEEMER If a husband died and there were no men in the family to inherit his land, the woman was to marry the brother of her husband in order to carry on the family name. If there were no brothers, then a next of kin could marry the woman and redeem the family inheritance. Since Boaz was a near kinsman, he had the right to redeem the land that belonged to Elimelech and Naomi. Boaz called a meeting at the city gate and informed the