Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ruth 4:5
Buy it — According to the law, Deuteronomy 25:5. To raise, &c — To revive his name, which was buried with his body, by raising up a seed to him, to be called by his name.
Buy it — According to the law, Deuteronomy 25:5. To raise, &c — To revive his name, which was buried with his body, by raising up a seed to him, to be called by his name.
Verse Ruth 4:5. _THOU MUST BUY_ IT _ALSO OF RUTH_] More properly, _Thou wilt_ _also acquire Ruth_. Thou canst not get the land without taking the wife of the deceased and then the children which thou...
Observe the action of the Levirate law. If there had been no one interested but Naomi, she would have sold the land unclogged by any condition, the law of Levirate having no existence in her case. But...
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...
_thou must buy it also of Ruth_ The text is certainly wrong, for it gives a misleading sense; with a small change read as in Ruth 4:10, RUTH ALSO THOU MUST BUY, with Vulg., Pesh.; the LXX. gives both...
THOU MUST BUY IT ALSO OF RUTH— This whole speech is rendered very confused by the _present printed_ Hebrew text; but if we admit of some alteration from the best manuscripts, the passage will be clear...
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,...
_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._ No JFB...
4:5 field (e-10) As 'country,' ch. 1.1....
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...
WHAT DAY... — When the person had been bought out to whom Naomi had sold the land until the year of Jubilee should restore it to her family, there remained Naomi’s own claim on the land, and after war...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר בֹּ֔עַז בְּ יֹום ־קְנֹותְךָ֥ הַ
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...
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 (d) inheritance. (d...
When. Hebrew again corruptly, "On the day thou buyest the land of the hand of Noemi, I will also buy it of Ruth," &c. It ought to be, conformably to some manuscripts and the ancient versions, "thou mu...
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: (4) And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it bef...
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...
THEN SAID BOAZ,.... In order to try the kinsman, whether he would abide by his resolution, he acquaints him with what he had as yet concealed: WHAT DAY THOU BUYEST THE FIELD OF NAOMI, THOU MUST BUY I...
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. Ver. 5...
_I thought to advertise thee_ I have had it in my mind to speak to thee about it. _There is none to redeem it besides thee_ That is, thou hast the first right to do so; for it is plain Boaz had a righ...
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...
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, for such...
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,...
THE WIFE OF THE DEAD; according to the law, DEUTERONOMY 25:5 MATTHEW 22:24, &c. TO RAISE UP THE NAME OF THE DEAD; to revive his name, which was lost and buried with his body, by raising up a seed to h...
Ruth 4:5 Boaz H1162 said H559 (H8799) day H3117 buy H7069 (H8800) field H7704 hand H3027 Naomi...
‘ Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.” Then Boa...
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...
_Then went Boaz up to the gate._ FRIENDS IN COUNCIL I. this is how business should be attended to. 1. Speedily. 2. Expeditiously. 3. Righteously. II. this is how difficult affairs should be sett...
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 4:3 Redemption is referred to here in terms of buying and SELLING (vv. Ruth 4:4, Ruth 4:5,...
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...
Deuteronomy 25:5; Deuteronomy 25:6; Genesis 38:8; Luke 20:28; M
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...