Ruth the Moabitess have I purchased to be my wife He had her by the right of the same purchase, and did not succeed into the right of a brother, as mentioned Deuteronomy 25.; for he was not a brother to Elimelech, but only a remote kinsman of the same family, who could not enjoy the land while she lived, unless he would take her with it; to whom it belonged while she lived, and was to go to her issue when she died. From the gate of his place That is, from among the inhabitants dwelling within the gate of his city, which was Beth-lehem-judah.

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