Ruth 4:10

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Ruth la Moabite ... ai-je acheté pour être ma femme. Cette connexion Boaz pourrait non seulement se former, puisque Ruth avait embrassé la vraie religion, mais il était sous une nécessité légale de le former.