Ruth 4:2 KJV — MannaFest

Ruth 4:2

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

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ASV

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

WEB

Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

YLT

And he taketh ten men of the elders of the city, and saith, `Sit down here;' and they sit down.

DBT

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And they sat down.

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Ruth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel
Date: Events in the days of the judges (1:1); compilation likely in the Davidic period (given the closing genealogy)

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9 verses on the floor

Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
Exodus 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Acts 6:12
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

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So many, it is probable, by the custom of the city, made a full court. Boaz, though a judge, would not be judge in his own cause, but desired the concurrence of other elders.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

he took ten men of the elders of the city--as witnesses. In ordinary circumstances, two or three were sufficient to attest a bargain; but in cases of importance, such as matrimony, divorce, conveyancing of property, it was the Jewish practice to have ten (1Ki 21:8).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Ten men - To be witnesses: for though two or three witnesses were sufficient, yet in weightier matters they used more. And ten was the usual number among the Jews, in causes of matrimony and divorce, and translation of inheritances; who were both Judges of the causes, and witnesses of the fact.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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