Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:1-12
THE COUNCIL AT THE GATE OF BETHLEHEM, Ruth 4:1-12. Closely connected with the customs and the law of levirate marriage was another law concerning the redemption of property. Jehovah claimed the land of Israel as his, and commanded that it should never be sold by his people. Therefore an inheritance was not allowed to pass permanently into the hands of another family than that whose original possession it was. If through poverty one was obliged to sell a piece of land from the family estate, (as... read more
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 4:8
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:9 - loose his shoe Psalms 108:9 - I cast read more