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Text -- Ruth 4:1-11 (NET)

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Boaz Settles the Matter
4:1 Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, “Come here and sit down, ‘John Doe’!” So he came and sat down. 4:2 Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down. 4:3 Then Boaz said to the guardian, “Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech. 4:4 So I am legally informing you: Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people! If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so. But if not, then tell me so I will know. For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you.” He replied, “I will redeem it.” 4:5 Then Boaz said, “When you acquire the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of our deceased relative, in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.” 4:6 The guardian said, “Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it.” 4:7 (Now this used to be the customary way to finalize a transaction involving redemption in Israel: A man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party. This was a legally binding act in Israel.) 4:8 So the guardian said to Boaz, “You may acquire it,” and he removed his sandal. 4:9 Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon. 4:10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.” 4:11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Bethlehem a town 8 km south of Jerusalem,a town of Zebulun 10 km west of Nazareth and 15 km SW of Cana SMM,a town of Judah 8 km south. of Jerusalem
 · Boaz son of Salma of Judah,one of 2 principal pillars in Solomon's temple
 · Chilion son of Elimelech & Naomi; husband of Orpah the Moabitess
 · Elimelech husband of Naomi; a man from Bethlehem
 · Ephrathah a town of the descendants of Caleb and his wife Ephrathah,wife of Hezron of Judah; mother of Hur
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Leah daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah
 · Mahlon son of Elimelech and Naomi; first husband of Ruth
 · Moab resident(s) of the country of Moab
 · Moabitess a female descendant of Moab
 · Naomi wife of Elimelech; mother-in-law of Ruth the Moabitess
 · Rachel a daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin,Jacob's favorite wife
 · Ruth The wife of Boaz; the mother of Obed; an ancestor of Jesus,Moabite wife of Boaz, and great grandmother of King David


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Boaz | Witness | Marriage | Bethlehem | Widow | Naomi | Heir | RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY | Lovers | Women | PATRIMONY | Government | Land | Dowry | BUYING | Mahlon | Redemption | Inheritance | Contracts | Court | more
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NET Notes: Rut 4:1 Heb “and he turned aside” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “And he went over.”

NET Notes: Rut 4:2 Heb “and he took ten men from the elders of the town.”

NET Notes: Rut 4:3 Naomi…is selling. The nature of the sale is uncertain. Naomi may have been selling the property rights to the land, but this seems unlikely in l...

NET Notes: Rut 4:4 Heb “for there is no one besides you to redeem, and I am after you” (NASB similar).

NET Notes: Rut 4:5 Heb “in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance” (NASB similar); NRSV “to maintain the dead man’s name...

NET Notes: Rut 4:6 Here it appears that the acquisition of Ruth along with the land was an obligatory package deal (“When you acquire the field from Naomi, you mus...

NET Notes: Rut 4:7 Heb “the legal witness”; KJV “a testimony”; ASV, NASB “the manner (form NAB) of attestation.”

NET Notes: Rut 4:8 The LXX adds “and gave it to him” (cf. TEV, CEV), which presupposes the reading ויתן לו. This seems to...

NET Notes: Rut 4:10 Heb “and from the gate of his place” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “from the court of his birth place”; NIV “from the town records...

NET Notes: Rut 4:11 For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

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