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'Your people shall be my people'
Ruth, a Moabite widow, refuses to leave her Judean mother-in-law Naomi: 'Where you go, I will go. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.'
Love and loyalty can make you kin.
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Ruth echoes the language of kings forming war alliances, 'my people are your people,' but uses it to join a nation. She marries Boaz and becomes King David's great-grandmother. Her story focuses on widows, the poor, and immigrants, and on kindness.
Bible reference: Ruth 1:16–17
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 388–390
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