Ruth 4:5 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 4:5

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Christian Faith 3.69-70 (397)

For, by the law, when a man died, the marriage bond with his wife was passed on to his brother or other male next of kin, in order that the seed of the brother or next of kin might renew the life of the house. And so it was that Ruth, though she was foreign-born, had possessed a husband of the Jewish people who had left a kinsman of near relation.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Buy it - According to the law, Deut. xxv, 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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 there was a young widow upon whom the possession of the land would devolve at Naomi’s death, and who already had a right of partnership in it, and the law of Levirate did apply in her case. It was, therefore, the duty of the גאל gā'al to marry her and raise up seed to his brother, i. e. his kinsman.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בֹּ֔עַז	Bo.'az	Boaz	H1162 →
בְּיוֹם־	be.yom-	on [the] day	H3117 →
קְנוֹתְךָ֥	ke.not.Cha	acquiring you	H7069 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
מִיַּ֣ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
נָעֳמִ֑י	no.'o.Mi	Naomi	H5281 →
וּ֠מֵאֵת	U.me.'et	and from with	H854 →
ר֣וּת	rut	Ruth	H7327 →
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה	ha.mo.'a.vi.Yah	the Moabite [woman]	H4125 →
אֵֽשֶׁת־	'e.shet-	[the] wife of	H802 →
הַמֵּת֙	ha.Met	the dead [man]	H4191 →
קָנִ֔יתָה	ka.ni.ti	you have acquired	H7069 →
לְהָקִ֥ים	le.ha.Kim	to raise up	H6965 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
הַמֵּ֖ת	ha.Met	the dead [man]	H4191 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃	na.cha.la.To	inheritance his	H5159 →

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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
Matthew 22:24
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 25:5–10
  When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Luke 20:28
  “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
Through
Genesis 38:8
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
leads to
- Ruth 1:11
  But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 22:23–27
  That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
- Ruth 4:5–11
  Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name…
- Leviticus 18:16
  You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
Through
Luke 20:28
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
leads to
- Genesis 38:8
  Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
- Genesis 38:11
  Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went…

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About Ruth

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Ruth