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Ruth 4:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ruth 4:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
Boaz and Ruth Marry and Have a Son
4 Boaz went up to the city gate, and he sat down there. Just then, the redeemer about whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. Boaz said, “Come over here! Sit down, my dear friend!”[a] So he came over and sat down.
2 Then Boaz chose ten men from the elders of the town, and he said, “Sit down here!” They too sat down.
3 Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who returned from the territory of Moab, is putting up for sale[b] the piece of land that belongs to our brother Elimelek.
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- Ruth 4:1 The Hebrew has an unusual expression that seems to be a device to avoid mentioning the name of the man who refused to marry Ruth. He is a “John Doe.”
- Ruth 4:3 It is uncertain what the exact nature of this sale is since land in Israel could not be sold in perpetuity but could only be leased until the next Year of Jubilee. Naomi may, in effect, be leasing the right to use the land to the person who redeemed it.
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