Ruth 4:1

And Boaz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Boaz spoke: and Boaz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down.

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In The King James Version

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

In Context

2And Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye here; and they sat down.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:1And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshiped with his face to the ground, and said,

Deuteronomy 16:18Thou shalt make for thyself judges and officers in thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee in thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:

Deuteronomy 21:19then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

Ruth 3:12And now I am truly akin to thee; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I.

Job 31:21If I lifted my hand against an orphan, 1 Trusting that my strength was far superior to his: 1

Amos 5:10They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:1

In this chapter we have the wedding between Boaz and Ruth, in the circumstances of which there was something uncommon, which is kept upon record for the illustration, not only of the law concerning the marrying of a brother's widow ( Deut. xxv. 5 , &c.), for cases help to expound laws, but of the gospel too, for from this marriage descended David, and the Son of David, whose espousals to the Gentile church were hereby typified. We are here told, I. How Boaz got clear of his rival, and fairly shook him off, ver.… Read the whole commentary →

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