“And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.”
Naomi's observation that Orpah returns to her people and her gods marks the end of Orpah's relationship to the covenant community and suggests that returning to Moab means returning to idolatry and alienation from the Lord. This verse does not condemn Orpah harshly but simply notes the logical consequence of her choice to depart. By contrast, the setup makes Ruth's next words all the more dramatic, as they will represent a conscious rejection of gods and people to cleave instead to Naomi and her God.
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