Bible Strands
Ruth 3:6
So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ruth acts alone on the threshing floor immediately after agreeing to Naomi’s plan and while Boaz finishes his meal. The narrative moves from spoken agreement to Ruth’s solitary compliance at night.
The words — The Hebrew וַתַּעַשׂ (va.ta'as) means "and she did," directly following כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוַּתְּהָּ חֲמוֹתָהּ (ke-khol asher tziVatteha hamota-h), which translates literally to "according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her."
The thread — This structural pattern of instruction followed by immediate action appears in Proverbs 1:8, Exodus 20:12, and John 2:5. Each cited passage places the received command before the execution of the deed.
Why it lands — The text establishes that obedience is the necessary sequence to a prior instruction, not a reaction to a visible outcome. It requires a reader to track the chronological order of command and compliance without projecting later narrative results onto the moment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 1:8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.