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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 4:17

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.A name — That is, they gave her advice about his name; for otherwise they had no power or right to do so.Obed — A servant, to thee, to nourish, and comfort, and assist thee; which duty children owe to their progenitors. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:1

1. Went… up to the gate Not from the harvest field, for, according to Ruth 3:15, (see note,) he went into the city after he sent Ruth away, but he went up from his house in the city. The gate itself may have been on no higher elevation than his own house, but, being the place of judgment, and therefore a place of honour in the eyes of the people, his going to it is spoken of as a going up. Sat him down there As one that had an important case for judgment. From the earliest times the... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:2

2. Elders of the city Whose years and judgment gave weight to all their decisions. Why ten were called does not appear, but perhaps that was the number required to constitute a court. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:3

3. Naomi… selleth a parcel of land According to the law, (Numbers 27:8-11,) when a man died and left no son, his property passed to his daughter; if he had no daughter, it passed to his brethren; if he had no brethren, it passed to his father’s brethren; and in case his father had no brethren, it passed to his next nearest kinsman. In no case did it pass to the wife of the deceased. Hence comes the question, What right had Naomi to sell Elimelech’s property? The solution of the difficulty... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:4

4. I thought to advertise thee Literally, as margin, I said, I will reveal in thine ear. That is, I will make known the matter to thee. Before the inhabitants Those of the inhabitants of the city who are sitting here to witness the judgment of this case. The gate of the city was usually thronged by a concourse of people, who would naturally resort thither to while away their leisure hours, and hear all passing news. If thou wilt not redeem The Hebrew has the third person, אם לא יגאל... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:5

5. Thou must buy it also of Ruth The estate of Elimelech would have been Chilion and Mahlon’s had they lived. Chilion’s widow had gone to her mother’s house in Moab, and perhaps married again, so that she had no legal claim on the property; but Mahlon’s widow, Ruth, had clung to Naomi, and therefore while she lived had a share with her mother-in-law in Mahlon’s inheritance. Naomi was too old to expect a husband, (Ruth 1:12,) or to claim of her deceased husband’s kinsmen the duty of the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:6

6. I cannot This kinsman already had, according to the Targum and the general supposition of interpreters, a wife and children. Accordingly, had he married Ruth, his children by her would have succeeded to Elimelech’s estate, and so his own inheritance would not only have received no addition, but might have suffered much by having his time and attention largely drawn from it in care for the interests of another. Others suppose that it was Ruth’s Moabitish nationality that formed the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:7

7. The manner in former time This remark implies that the custom was no longer in use when this book was written. Concerning redeeming and concerning changing That is, concerning the buying and exchanging of property. A man plucked off his shoe “The custom itself, which existed among the Indians and the ancient Germans, arose from the fact that fixed property was taken possession of by treading upon the soil; and hence taking off the shoe and handing it to another was the symbol of the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:10

10. That the name of the dead be not cut off The name of the child borne unto Boaz by Ruth was not called Mahlon, the name of the deceased husband, but Obed. Ruth 4:17. To the question why this was so, Patrick answers that what Boaz did was in obedience to the law in Deuteronomy 25:6, for he was not the brother of Mahlon, but only a remote kinsman, and therefore not bound by the strict letter of the law in giving a name to the child. But the passage in Deuteronomy 25:6, need not be pressed... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 4:17

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:1-12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:2

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:4

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:5

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:10

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