Across
- 4. The festival when the story of Ruth is read
- 5. Ruth becomes the great-grandmother of this famous king
- 7. City Naomi and Ruth return to — home of Boaz (hint: House of Bread)
- 9. The harvest Ruth gathers in (type of grain)
- 10. Naomi changes her name to this, meaning “bitter”
- 11. Ruth’s first husband (2:11 mentions her widowhood)
- 13. The other daughter-in-law who returns to Moab
Down
- 1. The Hebrew word for loving-kindness, loyalty, and devotion
- 2. The country Ruth comes from
- 3. “Where you go, I will ___” — Ruth’s declaration of loyalty
- 5. The relationship between Ruth and Naomi (family connection)
- 6. The action Boaz takes at the city gate to make his marriage to Ruth official
- 8. Naomi’s husband who dies in Moab
- 12. The field owner who shows kindness to Ruth