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Naomi and Ruth

Back from Moab to Bethlehem · 2 stops · ≈ 70 km in straight lines

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  1. MoabRuth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
  2. BethlehemRuth 1:19So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

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