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Whither thou goest, I will go

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  1. Part of a longer promise of fidelity, spoken by Ruth to Naomi, her mother-in-law. The longer text reads: “Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.”


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The Bible says nothing about the origins of the young Moabite widow who tells her mother-in-law Naomi, "Whither thou goest, I will go," and accompanies her to Bethlehem.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge!"

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter

"Whither thou goest, I will go," she said laughingly.

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma

"Whither thou goest, I will go," she said, very quietly.

From Rebels of the Red Planet by Fontenay, Charles Louis

Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

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