Ruth 4:1

Then went Boaz up to the sha'ar, and sat him down there; and, hinei, the Go'el of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! Turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 he took a minyan of the zekenim of the town, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:1And there came two malachim to Sodom at erev; and Lot sat in the sha'ar Sodom; and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Deuteronomy 16:18Shofetim and shoterim shalt thou appoint thee in all thy she'arim, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, throughout thy shevatim: and they shall judge HaAm with mishpat-tzedek.

Deuteronomy 21:19Then shall his av and his em lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the zekenim of his town, and unto the sha'ar (gate) of his place;

Ruth 3:12And now it is true that I am thy Go'el; howbeit there is a Go'el karov mimeini (Redeemer nearer than I).

Job 31:21If I have lifted up my yad against the yatom, 1 when I saw my influence in the sha'ar (gate, court); 1

Amos 5:10They hate the mochiach (reprover) [of injustice] in the gate, 1 and they abhor him that speaketh tamim (uprightly). 1

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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