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CHAPTER IV
_Boaz gathers a council of the elders at the city gates, states_
_the case, and proposes to the nearest kinsman to redeem the_
_inheritance of Elimelech, and take Ruth to wife_, 1-5.
_T...
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The gate is the place of concourse, of business, and of justice in
Oriental cities (see Judges 19:15 note; Genesis 34:20; Deuteronomy
16:18).
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CHAPTER 4 THE REDEMPTION AND MARRIAGE
_ 1. The other kinsman (Ruth 4:1)_
2. His refusal (Ruth 4:6)
3. Boaz's redemption (Ruth 4:9)
4. The marriage (R
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RUTH 4. RUTH'S MARRIAGE.
Ruth 4:1. Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual
name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need
for bringing into the story.
Ruth 4:2...
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THE KINSMAN. Hebrew. _Goel =_ the next of kin, who has the right of
redemption. See notes on Exodus 6:6, and Exodus 13:13....
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_Ruth's marriage and descendants_
1 _.Now Boaz went up_ He had decided to redeem Elimelech's estate if
the next of kin refused the obligation; this is the primary meaning of
the transaction about to...
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BOAZ WENT UP TO THE GATE— See on Deuteronomy 16:18. The Chaldee
paraphrases this, _He went up to the gate of the house of judgment,
where the Sanhedrim sat._...
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Ruth Marries Boaz Ruth 4:1-22
_Boaz Redeems the Inheritance Ruth 4:1-8_
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold,
the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said,...
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_THEN WENT BOAZ UP TO THE GATE, AND SAT HIM DOWN THERE: AND, BEHOLD,
THE KINSMAN OF WHOM BOAZ SPAKE CAME BY; UNTO WHOM HE SAID, HO, SUCH A
ONE! TURN ASIDE, SIT DOWN HERE. AND HE TURNED ASIDE, AND SAT...
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THE MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH. THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILD
1. Boaz WENT UP from the threshing floor to the open space by the
city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done,
where, to...
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THERE IS A *REDEEMER
BOOK OF RUTH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text.
CHAPTER 4
V1 Boaz went to the gate of the town and he sat down there. Then the
other *redeemer...
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WENT UP. — Inasmuch as the town stood on a hill: so in Ruth 3:3,
Ruth is bidden to _go down_ to the threshing-floor.
THE KINSMAN. — The _Goel._ (See Ruth 3:12).
TURN ASIDE. — The form of the imperat...
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וּ בֹ֨עַז עָלָ֣ה הַ שַּׁעַר֮ וַ
יֵּ֣שֶׁב
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THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE
Ruth 4:1
A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history
which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of
Judges. With all the literary sk...
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IN THE LINE OF DAVID'S ANCESTRY
Ruth 4:1
We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's
memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done
publicly in the Gate, the pla...
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The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this
story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced
that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, which...
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Then went Boaz up to the (a) gate, and sat him down there: and,
behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, (b)
Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, a...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter concludes this eventful History of Boaz and Ruth: and a
most interesting conclusion, even in this point of view only, it
forms. But in the higher relation of a spiritual tendency...
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Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold,
the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a
one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat d...
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FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
W. Kelly.
That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is
actually found must have been felt by the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4.
The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there
was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in
the o...
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THEN WENT BOAZ UP TO THE GATE,.... In the middle of the day, as
Josephus d says, to the gate of the city, where people were
continually passing and repassing to and from the country, and where
he was...
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Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold,
the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a
one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat d...
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_Then went Boaz up to the gate_ Where the elders sat. The Chaldee
interprets it, “He went up to the gate of the house of judgment,
where the Sanhedrim sat.” _Behold, the kinsman came by_ Providence
so...
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1 Boaz calleth into iudgment the next kinseman.
6 He refuseth the redemption according to the maner in Israel.
9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance.
11 He marrieth Ruth.
13 She beareth Obed the grandfath...
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THE NEARER RELATIVE DECLINES TO ACT...
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Then went Boaz up to the gate and sat him down there, he went early
since he wanted to be sure of finding the man for whom he was looking,
and the space just inside the city gate was used for the tran...
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THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ
(vv. 1-12)
The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of
judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came
by(v. 1).At the...
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1-8 This matter depended on the laws given by Moses about
inheritances, and doubtless the whole was settled in the regular and
legal manner. This kinsman, when he heard the conditions of the
bargain,...
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RUTH CHAPTER 4 Boaz goeth up to the gate, calleth his kinsman;
inquires whether he would redeem and marry Ruth, RUTH 4:1. He
refuseth, RUTH 4:6. Boaz, the people witnessing and congratulating,
buyeth...
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Ruth 4:1 Boaz H1162 up H5927 (H8804) gate H8179 down H3427 (H8799)
relative H1350 (H8802) Boaz...
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‘ Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat himself down there, and,
behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by, to whom he
said, “Ho, such a one! Turn aside, sit down here.” And he turned
a...
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RUTH 1-4
The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a
glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field,
in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than...
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CONTENTS: Ruth finds reward in her marriage to Boaz.
CHARACTERS: God, Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, kinsman, Obed.
CONCLUSION: Fair and square dealings in all matters of contract and
business is what all those...
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Ruth 4:1. _The gate:_ the place of justice. Job 29; Genesis 19. Ten
men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee.
Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz took ten...
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_Then went Boaz up to the gate._
FRIENDS IN COUNCIL
I. this is how business should be attended to.
1. Speedily.
2. Expeditiously.
3. Righteously.
II. this is how difficult affairs should be sett...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:1 Scene 4: Boaz Arranges Redemption at the Gate.
Both verb and noun forms of “redeem” occur throughout this scene
(compare Ruth 2:20;...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Ruth 4:1. THEN WENT BOAZ UP. Bethlehem situated on a hill, while the
cornfields and threshing floor would be in the valley below [cf. on
Ruth 2:4, p. 101, also p. 6.] T...
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EXPOSITION
RUTH 4:1
AND BOAZ WENT UP, TO THE GATE, AND SAT THERE. He "went up," for the
city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1; Ruth
3:6). "And sat there," on one of the stones,...
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So when Boaz rose up he went to the gate of the city, he sat down
there: and, behold, the kinsman of which he was speaking came by, and
he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And so he tu...
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Amos 5:10; Amos 5:15; Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 17:5;...