Ruth 4
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ruth 4:1-3

1Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, 1the 2close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Turn aside, 3friend, sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

2He took ten men of the 4elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.

3Then he said to the 5closest relative, “Naomi, who has come back from the land of Moab, has to sell the piece of land 6which belonged to our brother Elimelech.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ruth 4:1 Ruth 3:12 ↩
  2. 2. Ruth 4:1 Or redeemer ↩
  3. 3. Ruth 4:1 Lit a certain one ↩
  4. 4. Ruth 4:2 1 Kin 21:8; Prov 31:23 ↩
  5. 5. Ruth 4:3 Lit redeemer ↩
  6. 6. Ruth 4:3 Lev 25:25 ↩

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