Ruth 1:4

They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.

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In The King James Version

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 the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.

5And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:3The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation, shall not enter into the church of the Lord forever,

Nehemiah 13:23But also in those days, I saw some Jews taking wives from the Ashdodites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites.

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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