Ruth 1:4

And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.

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And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

In Context

3And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.

5And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people:

Nehemiah 13:23And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:2-6

Ruth This short history of the domestic affairs of one particular family fitly follows the book of Judges (the events related here happening in the days of the judges), and fitly goes before the books of Samuel, because in the close it introduces David; yet the Jews, in their Bibles, separate it from both, and make it one of the five Megilloth, or Volumes, which they put together towards the latter end, in this order: Solomon's Song, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. It is probable that Samuel was the… Read the whole commentary →

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