Ruth 4:2 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 4:2

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

BSB

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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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He took ten men - Probably it required this number to constitute a court. How simple and how rational was this proceeding! 1. The man who had a suit went to the city gates. 2. Here he stopped till the person with whom he had the suit came to the gate on his way to his work. 3. He called him by name, and he stopped and sat down. 4. Then ten elders were called, and they came and sat down. 5. When all this was done, the appellant preferred his suit. 6. Then the appellee returned his answer.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֞ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
עֲשָׂרָ֧ה	'a.sa.Rah	ten	H6235 →
אֲנָשִׁ֛ים	'a.na.Shim	men	H582 →
מִזִּקְנֵ֥י	mi.zik.Nei	from [the] elders of	H2205 →
הָעִ֖יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁבוּ־	she.vu-	sit	H3427 →
פֹ֑ה	Foh	here	H6311 →
וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃	vai.ye.She.vu	and they sat down	H3427 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H2205mizikneifrom [the] elders of178×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
leads to
- Proverbs 12:4
  A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Ruth 4:1
  Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went…
- Deuteronomy 16:18
  You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Through
Acts 6:12
So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
leads to
- Proverbs 15:18
  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Acts 14:2
  But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Through
Lamentations 5:14
The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
leads to
- Jeremiah 7:34
  I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
- Revelation 18:22
  And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound…
- Isaiah 24:7–11
  The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Ruth

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ruth