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According to the law Leviticus 25:25, if any Israelite, through
poverty, would sell his possession, the next of kin (the גאל
_gā'al_) had a right to redeem it by paying the value of the number
of yea...
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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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COUNTRY. fields.
A PARCEL OF LAND. the parcel of the field....
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_selleth_ The tense is perfect, and implies _is resolved to sell_; the
sale does not take place till Ruth 4:9. Cf. Genesis 23:11; Genesis
23:13, for the same idiomatic use of the perfect. Naomi came i...
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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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_AND HE SAID UNTO THE KINSMAN, NAOMI, THAT IS COME AGAIN OUT OF THE
COUNTRY OF MOAB, SELLETH A PARCEL OF LAND, WHICH WAS OUR BROTHER
ELIMELECH'S:_
Naomi ... selleth a parcel - i:e., entertains the id...
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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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NAOMI SELLETH... — Rather, _the portion of land, which belonged to
our brother Elimelech. has Naomi sold._ The present tense of the
English Version seems to suggest that the sale is taking place at th...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לַ † גֹּאֵ֔ל חֶלְקַת֙ הַ...
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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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Will sell. Some Latin copies read, "sells, or has sold." But the
sequel shews that she was only now disposed to do it. But what right
had Noemi or Ruth to the land, since women could not inherit? The...
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And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the
country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother
Elimelech's: (4) And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it
bef...
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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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AND HE SAID UNTO THE KINSMAN,.... That is, Boaz said to the kinsman he
called to, and who sat down by him before the ten elders that were
present:
NAOMI, THAT IS COME AGAIN OUT OF THE LAND OF MOAB, S...
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And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the
country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which [was] our brother
Elimelech's:
Ver. 3. _And he said unto the kinsman._] Without a p...
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_Naomi_ Both Naomi and Ruth had an interest in this land during their
lives, but he mentions only Naomi, because all was done by her
direction; lest the mention of Ruth should raise a suspicion of the...
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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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And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the
country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land which was our brother
Elimelech's, she had disposed of this piece of land, the family
inher...
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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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Both Naomi and Ruth had an interest in this land during their lives,
but he mentions only Naomi, partly because all was done by her
direction, to which Ruth wholly submitted herself; and partly lest t...
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Ruth 4:3 said H559 (H8799) relative H1350 (H8802) Naomi H5281 back
H7725 (H8804) country H7704 Moab...
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‘ And he said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who is come again out
of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our
brother Elimelech's.”
Then Boaz explained his purpose. He explaine...
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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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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:3 Redemption is referred to here in terms of
buying and SELLING (vv. Ruth 4:4, Ruth 4:5,...
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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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Proverbs 13:10; Psalms 112:5...
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Naomi — Both Naomi and Ruth had an interest in this land during
their lives, but he mentions only Naomi, because all was done by her
direction; lest the mention of Ruth should raise a suspicion of the...
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Isn’t the arrangement between Boaz and Ruth contrary to the law of
the Levirate marriage?
PROBLEM: Deuteronomy 25:5-10 delineates what is known as the law of
the levirate marriage. If a man dies and l...