Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Ruth 4:8
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
CHAPTER 4 THE REDEMPTION AND MARRIAGE _ 1. The other kinsman (Ruth 4:1)_ 2. His refusal (Ruth 4:6) 3. Boaz's redemption (Ruth 4:9) 4. The marriage (R
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...
DREW. plucked....
Ruth Marries Boaz Ruth 4:1-22 _Boaz Redeems the Inheritance Ruth 4:1-8_ 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,...
THE MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH. THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILD 1. Boaz WENT UP from the threshing floor to the open space by the city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done, where, to...
THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. CHAPTER 4 V1 Boaz went to the gate of the town and he sat down there. Then the other *redeemer...
DREW. — The same word in the Hebrew as _plucked_ in Ruth 4:7....
וַ יֹּ֧אמֶר הַ גֹּאֵ֛ל לְ בֹ֖עַז קְנֵה
THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE Ruth 4:1 A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of Judges. With all the literary sk...
IN THE LINE OF DAVID'S ANCESTRY Ruth 4:1 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 pla...
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...
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 testi...
FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. W. Kelly. That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is actually found must have been felt by the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in the o...
AND THEREFORE THE KINSMAN SAID UNTO BOAZ, BUY IT FOR ME,.... Which is repeated to show he gave his full consent to it, that he should make the purchase of it if he pleased, and which he confirmed by t...
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...
1 Boaz calleth into iudgment the next kinseman. 6 He refuseth the redemption according to the maner in Israel. 9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance. 11 He marrieth Ruth. 13 She beareth Obed the grandfath...
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. He relinquished all his claims....
THE NEARER RELATIVE DECLINES TO ACT...
THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ (vv. 1-12) The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came by(v. 1).At the...
1-8 This matter depended on the laws given by Moses about inheritances, and doubtless the whole was settled in the regular and legal manner. This kinsman, when he heard the conditions of the bargain,...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ruth 4:8 relative H1350 (H8802) said H559 (H8799) Boaz H1162 Buy H7069 (H8798) off H8025 (H879
‘ 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 a...
RUTH 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. 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...
CONTENTS: Ruth finds reward in her marriage to Boaz. CHARACTERS: God, Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, kinsman, Obed. CONCLUSION: Fair and square dealings in all matters of contract and business is what all those...
Ruth 4:1. _The gate:_ the place of justice. Job 29; Genesis 19. Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz took ten...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:1 Scene 4: Boaz Arranges Redemption at the Gate. Both verb and noun forms of “redeem” occur throughout this scene (compare Ruth 2:20;...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:7 IN FORMER TIMES. The practice must be explained since the readers of the book of Ruth 1:1 no longer do this. EXCHANGING. Transfe
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.] T...
EXPOSITION RUTH 4:1 AND BOAZ WENT UP, TO THE GATE, AND SAT THERE. He "went up," for the city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1; Ruth 3:6). "And sat there," on one of the stones,...
So 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 tu...
Isn’t the arrangement between Boaz and Ruth contrary to the law of the Levirate marriage? PROBLEM: Deuteronomy 25:5-10 delineates what is known as the law of the levirate marriage. If a man dies and l...