Ruth 2:20

_AND NAOMI SAID UNTO HER DAUGHTER IN LAW, BLESSED BE HE OF THE LORD, WHO HATH NOT LEFT OFF HIS KINDNESS TO THE LIVING AND TO THE DEAD. AND NAOMI SAID UNTO HER, THE MAN IS NEAR OF KIN UNTO US, ONE OF OUR NEXT KINSMEN._ The man is ... one of our next kinsmen - Hebrew, 'one of our redeemers,' on whom it devolves to protect us, to purchase our lands, and marry you, the relict of his next kinsman. She said, 'one of them,' not that there were many in the same close relationship, but that he was a very near kinsman, one other individual only having the precedence....

17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2 John 1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well, and with mildness to reprove and caution them if they have done otherwise. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves every night, Where have I gleaned to-day? What improvement have I made in knowledge and grace? What have I done that will turn to a good account? When the Lord deals bountifully with us, let us not be found in any other field, nor seeking for happiness and satisfaction in the c...

Verse Ruth 2:20. _TO THE LIVING AND TO THE DEAD._] Naomi and Ruth were the _living_; and they were also the representatives of _Elimelech_ and _Mahlon_, who were dead. Naomi was of the _family_; and Ruth, though not of the family, was a _representative_ of one of its deceased branches, being the _widow_ of _Mahlon_. _ONE OF OUR NEXT KINSMEN._] מגאלינו _miggoaleynu_, of our _redeemers_, one who has the right to redeem the forfeited inheritance of the family. The word גאל _goel_ signifies a _near_ _kinsman _- one who by the Mosaic law had a right to _redeem_ an inheritance, and also was permitted to _vindicate_ or _revenge_ the death of his relation by killing the slayer, if he found him out of the cities of refuge. In order to prevent families from running to decay, if a brot

BLESSED BE HE OF THE LORD ... - We may gather from Naomi’s allusion to the dead that both her husband and son had been faithful servants of Jehovah, the God of Israel. His kindness to the dead consisted in raising up (as Naomi hoped) an heir to perpetuate the name; and, in general, in His care for their widows. ONE OF OUR NEXT KINSMEN - The word here is גאל _gā'al_, the redeemer, who had the right: (1) of redeeming the inheritance of the person; (2) of marrying the widow; (3) of avenging the death. (See Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:47;...

EXPOSITION RUTH 2:18 AND SHE LIFTED IT UP, AND WENT INTO THE CITY: AND HER MOTHER-IN-LAW BEHELD WHAT SHE HAD GLEANED. SHE LIKEWISE BROUGHT FORTH, AND GAVE TO HER, WHAT SHE HAD LEFT OVER AFTER SHE WAS SATISFIED. It would be with gratitude and pride that Ruth would let her heavy burden slip off into the hands of Naomi. It would be with gratitude and wonder that Naomi would _behold _the precious load. Other gentle emotions would stir within the mother-in-law's hungry heart when her beloved daughter-in-law produced and presented the remains of her delightfully refreshing repast at the tent. The expression, "_after _she was satisfied," is literally, "from her satiety." RUTH 2:19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where has

AND NAOMI SAID UNTO HER DAUGHTER IN LAW, BLESSED BE HE OF THE LORD,.... Or the Lord bless him with all kind of blessings, temporal and spiritual; and as he has blessed him already, may he be blessed more and more: WHO HATH NOT LEFT OFF HIS KINDNESS TO THE LIVING AND TO THE DEAD; he had been kind to Elimelech and to his sons, who were now dead, and he continued his kindness to the reliefs of them, Naomi and Ruth, who were living, and was kind to them for the sake of the dead; and showing kindness to them expressed his respect to the memory of the dead: AND NAOMI SAID UNTO HER; continued her speech to her, and added to what she had said: THE MAN IS NEAR OF KIN TO US; a near relation of ours, meaning by her husband's side: yea, ONE OF OUR NEXT KINSMEN; the nearest we have, there was but one nearer than he: the word for kinsman here is "Goel", a redeemer; for to such who were in the degr...

KINSMEN Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...

CHAPTER 2 GLEANING IN THE FIELD _ 1. Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:1)_ 2. Grace shown to Ruth by Boaz (Ruth 2:4) 3. Ruth hears concerning Boaz (Ruth 2:18) Boaz comes now upon the scene. His name means “in Him is strength.” He is called “a mighty man of wealth.” As the kinsman-redeemer he is a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one in whom there is strength, the rich one. Ruth knows at first little of him and the coming relationship with the wealthy one. Boaz is related to Elimelech, whose name “my God is king” is typical of Israel's faith. Through Elimelech only Naomi (the nation Israel) has a claim on Boaz. And she can only lay claim through Ruth. Even so Israel has a claim on the ble

THE MEETING OF BOAZ AND RUTH. Naomi's kinsman quite a different word from the near kinsman (goë l) of Ruth 2:20 is introduced in Heb. words which sometimes denoted a wealthy man, and sometimes a valiant man, so that a peaceful farmer like Boaz is characterised in the same terms as warriors like Gideon and Jephthah (Judges 6:12; Judges 11:1). The name Boaz may mean in Him is strength. Ruth 2:2. It was a custom, and it became a law, in Israel that the poor, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow should be permitted to glean in the harvest fields (Deuteronomy 24:19

KINDNESS. lovingkindness. ONE OF. he [is]....