Ruth 4:5 meaning and explanation
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.”
Ruth 4:5, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Boaz is speaking at the city gate before the elders and the nearer kinsman-redeemer, the man with the first legal right to buy back Elimelech's land. Having heard him agree to buy the field, Boaz adds the condition that the redemption also means marrying Ruth, Mahlon's widow, so that the dead man's name and inheritance continue.
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