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Ruth Chapter 4

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In Ruth chapter 4 Boaz proposes to redeem Ruth’s inheritance, and she accepts his offer, showing her loyalty to her mother‑in‑law. The chapter also records her marriage to Boaz, which fulfills the covenant promise of the land. This passage highlights themes of faithfulness, divine justice, and the importance of honoring covenants.

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(1) 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.
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Deuteronomy 16:18Deuteronomy 17:5Deuteronomy 21:19Deuteronomy 25:7Job 29:7Job 31:21Amos 5:10Amos 5:11Amos 5:12Amos 5:15Ruth 3:12Isaiah 55:1

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II Samuel 18:30II Samuel 2:21Judges 19:15II Samuel 19:8II Chronicles 18:9Nehemiah 12:39

(2) And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
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Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:22Exodus 21:8Deuteronomy 29:10Deuteronomy 31:28I Kings 21:8Proverbs 31:23Lamentations 5:14Acts 6:12

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Ruth 4:1James 2:3II Kings 6:32Revelation 5:11Isaiah 22:16Ezekiel 8:1

(3) And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
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Psalms 112:5Proverbs 13:10

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Ruth 1:6Judges 11:18Ruth 1:2Ruth 1:22Ruth 2:6Isaiah 15:1

(4) And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
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Jeremiah 32:7Jeremiah 32:8Jeremiah 32:9Jeremiah 32:25Romans 12:17II Corinthians 8:21Philippians 4:8Genesis 23:18Jeremiah 32:10Jeremiah 32:11Jeremiah 32:12Leviticus 25:25

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Exodus 13:13Exodus 34:20Leviticus 25:49Ruth 4:6Leviticus 25:25Leviticus 25:26

(5) Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
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Ruth 3:12Ruth 3:13Genesis 38:8Deuteronomy 25:5Deuteronomy 25:6Matthew 22:24Luke 20:28

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Ruth 2:2Jeremiah 32:8Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Ruth 4:10

(6) And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
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Ruth 4:4Exodus 13:13Exodus 34:20Leviticus 25:49Leviticus 25:25Leviticus 25:26

(7) Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
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Deuteronomy 25:7Deuteronomy 25:8Deuteronomy 25:9Deuteronomy 25:10

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Numbers 30:12II Samuel 7:25I Kings 5:8II Kings 22:13

(8) Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
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Ruth 3:13Ruth 4:1

(9) And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
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Genesis 23:16Genesis 23:17Genesis 23:18Jeremiah 32:10Jeremiah 32:11Jeremiah 32:12

(10) Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
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Genesis 29:18Genesis 29:19Genesis 29:27Proverbs 18:22Proverbs 19:14Proverbs 31:10Proverbs 31:11Hosea 3:2Hosea 12:12Ephesians 5:25Deuteronomy 25:6Joshua 7:9

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3

(11) And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
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Genesis 24:60Psalms 127:3Psalms 127:4Psalms 127:5Psalms 128:3Psalms 128:4Psalms 128:5Psalms 128:6Genesis 29:32Genesis 29:33Genesis 29:34Genesis 29:35

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:27

(12) And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
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Genesis 46:12Numbers 26:20Numbers 26:21Numbers 26:22Genesis 38:29I Chronicles 2:4Matthew 1:3I Samuel 2:20

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26I Chronicles 2:4Deuteronomy 22:6

(13) So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
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Ruth 3:11Ruth 4:12Genesis 20:17Genesis 20:18Genesis 21:1Genesis 21:2Genesis 21:3Genesis 25:21Genesis 29:31Genesis 30:2Genesis 30:22Genesis 30:23

(14) And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
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Luke 1:58Romans 12:15I Corinthians 12:26Genesis 29:35Psalms 34:1Psalms 34:2Psalms 34:3Psalms 103:1Psalms 103:2I Thessalonians 5:18II Thessalonians 1:3Genesis 24:27

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Judges 5:24Ruth 2:20Luke 1:42Ruth 3:13

(15) And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
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Genesis 45:11Genesis 47:12Psalms 55:22Isaiah 46:4Ruth 1:16Ruth 1:17Ruth 1:18I Samuel 1:8Proverbs 18:24

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Leviticus 18:9Luke 12:53I John 5:1Genesis 36:2Leviticus 18:17Matthew 10:37

(16) And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
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I Corinthians 13:11I Kings 3:20II Samuel 12:18II Kings 4:31Exodus 2:7Exodus 2:9

(17) And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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Luke 1:58Luke 1:59Luke 1:60Luke 1:61Luke 1:62Luke 1:63

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Ruth 4:22I Chronicles 2:12Matthew 1:5

(18) Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
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I Chronicles 2:4I Chronicles 2:5I Chronicles 2:6I Chronicles 2:7I Chronicles 2:8I Chronicles 4:1Matthew 1:3Luke 3:33

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Genesis 46:12Matthew 1:17Genesis 11:27Genesis 4:18Ruth 4:19I Chronicles 8:33

(19) And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
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I Chronicles 2:9I Chronicles 2:10Matthew 1:4Luke 3:33

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I Chronicles 2:10Daniel 8:7Genesis 4:18I Chronicles 8:33I Chronicles 8:36I Chronicles 9:39

(20) And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
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Numbers 1:7Matthew 1:4Luke 3:32

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I Chronicles 2:10Matthew 1:4Matthew 1:5Genesis 4:18I Chronicles 2:11I Chronicles 8:33

(21) And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
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I Chronicles 2:11Matthew 1:5Luke 3:32I Chronicles 2:12

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Matthew 1:5I Chronicles 2:12Matthew 1:4Genesis 4:18I Chronicles 2:11I Chronicles 8:33

(22) And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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I Samuel 16:1Isaiah 11:1I Chronicles 2:15Matthew 1:6Luke 3:31

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Matthew 1:5I Chronicles 2:12Genesis 4:18I Chronicles 8:33I Chronicles 8:36I Chronicles 9:39

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