Ruth 4:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Ruth 4:3

Boaz Redeems Ruth

1 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, ^athe close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, “Come aside, friend, sit down here.” So he came aside and sat down.

2 And he took ten men of ^athe elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.

3 Then he said to the close relative, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, sold the piece of land ^awhich belonged to our brother Elimelech.

4 And I thought to inform you, saying, ^a‘Buy it back ^bin the presence of the inhabitants and the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if² you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; ^cfor there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.’ ” And he said, “I will redeem it.”

5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, ^ato perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance.”

6 ^aAnd the close relative said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”

7 ^aNow this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

8 Therefore the close relative said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” So he took off his sandal.

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Definitions of words in Ruth 4:3:

Brother {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Brother {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Close {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Come {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Country {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Elimelech {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Elimelech {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Elimelech {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Land {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Naomi {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Naomi {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Naomi {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Piece {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Moab {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Moab {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Ruth 4:3:

Boaz {Easton's}
Patrimony {I.S.B.E.}
Relationships, Family {I.S.B.E.}
Witness {I.S.B.E.}

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