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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ruth 4:1-12

CHAPTER FOURTHRuth 4:1-12The Israelite without Guile1Then went Boaz [And Boaz went] up to the gate, and sat him down there: and behold, the kinsman [redeemer] of whom Boaz spake1 came [passed] by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3And he said unto the kinsman [redeemer], Naomi, that is come again out of the country [territory] of Moab,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ruth 4:1-22

in the Line of David’s Ancestry Ruth 4:1-22 We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men’s memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate, the place of public concourse, had the seal of permanence irrevocably attached to it. The transference of the shoe indicated the inferior position of woman, though she was honored in Israel more than in the neighboring nations. What a happy ending! The gleaner need never again tread the fields,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ruth 4:1-22

The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, which accounts for the fact that he was ready and willing to take the responsibility of the next of kin. However, there was one who had a prior right and in loyalty to the law of his people Boaz gave him his opportunity. The picture presented of the gathering of the elders in the gate and the legal... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:8

‘ So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” And he drew off his shoe.’ Ruth 4:7 explains why the near kinsman did what he did. He devolved on Boaz the right to act as kinsman redeemer and demonstrated the fact in front of witnesses by taking off his shoe, and no doubt handing it to Boaz. We are not told how much it was at that stage seen as an act of shame, as opposed to being just evidence of the transaction (Deuteronomy 25:9-10). But it does bring out that the law of Levirate... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:1-22

Ruth 4. Ruth’ s Marriage. Ruth 4:1 . Instead of “ such an one!” Boaz called the person’ s actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story. Ruth 4:2 . The elders of the city are called in as witnesses of an important transaction affecting the rights of a family. For “ selleth” we ought to read “ hath sold.” The point is that the property had passed out of the family’ s hands and required to be redeemed. Ruth 4:5 . Here the meaning is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 4:1-10

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ruth 4:1. Then went Boaz up. Bethlehem situated on a hill, while the cornfields and threshing floor would be in the valley below [cf. on Ruth 2:4, p. 101, also p. 6.] The gate. The place of resort where business was transacted. I have seen in certain places, Joppa for example, the Kady and his Court sitting at the entrance of the gate hearing and adjudicating all sorts of causes in the audience of all that went in and out thereat (Thomson). And sat. Stone seats... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:1-22

Ruth 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four chapters. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than three thousand years ago. I. Glancing back over the lines of this sweet and pure pastoral idyll, we feel that rarely did human story more impressively demonstrate the unspeakable worth of lowly folk, the fine and favourable issues of seemingly suppressed lives, the hidden wealth of true and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:1-22

Chapter 4So when Boaz rose up he went to the gate of the city, he sat down there: and, behold, the kinsman of which he was speaking came by, and he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And so he turned aside, and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And so they sat down. And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, is selling a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: And I thought to let you... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:1-22

Ruth 4:1 . The gate: the place of justice. Job 29:0. Genesis 19:0. Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz took ten men to attest the sale of the land; in other places the witnesses only are named; but seven officers constituted a synagogue, and it is likely that those courts did not consist of less than seven. Deuteronomy 16:18. Ruth 4:11 . The Lord make the woman like Rachel and like Leah. Note, a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 4:8

Rth 4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy [it] for thee. So he drew off his shoe. Ver. 8. So he drew off his shoe. ] See Ruth 4:7 . Answerable hereunto is that custom amongst us, of giving possession by turf and twig, by taking up a piece of earth and laying it upon the deed or writing, &c. read more