Ruth 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Ruth 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Every city was governed by elders (see Deuteronomy 19:12 ; Judges 8:14 ). For the number “ten,” compare Exodus 18:25 . Probably the presence of, at least, ten elders was necessary to make a lawf...
Ruth 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4. Ruth's Marriage. Ruth 4:1 . Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story....
Ruth 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. He took ten men - Probably it required this number to constitute a court. How simple and how rational was...
Ruth 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ten men— This number of witnesses, it seems, was necessary for the ratification of marriages, divorces, and the conveyance of right and property. See More Nevoch. pars 3: cap. 49: and Bertram de Re...
Ruth 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down....
Ruth 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth. The Birth of their Child 1. Boaz went up from the threshing floor to the open space by the city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done, wher...
Ruth 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE Ruth 4:1-22 A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of Judges. With all the li...
Ruth 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

in the Line of David's Ancestry Ruth 4:1-22 We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate...
Ruth 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, whic...
Ruth 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat...
Ruth 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he took ten men of the elders of the city ,.... Who were such, not merely in age but in office, who were the heads of thousands, fifties, and tens; ten of whom were a quorum to do business in ju...
Ruth 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. Ver. 2. And he said, Sit ye down here. ] Elders they were called for their gravity and authority. Ten,...
Ruth 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He took 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 d...
Ruth 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ (vv. 1-12) The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came by(v. 1).At...
Ruth 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth Refused by Her Kinsman. B. C. 1312. 1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him do...
Ruth 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He took two men, to be umpires or witnesses between them; for though two or three witnesses were sufficient, yet in weightier matters they used more. And ten was the usual number among the Jews,...
Ruth 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “You sit down here.” And they sat down.' The mystery deepened when Boaz requested that ten city elders should also sit with them. They w...
Ruth 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 4:1 . Then went Boaz up . Bethlehem situated on a hill, while the cornfields and threshing floor would be in the valley below [cf. on Ruth 2:4 , p. 101, also...
Ruth 4:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more t...
Ruth 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:1 . The gate: the place of justice. Job 29 ; Genesis 19 . Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz to...
Ruth 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then went Boaz up to the gate. Friends in council I. this is how business should be attended to. 1. Speedily. 2. Expeditiously. 3. Righteously. II. this is how difficult affairs sho...
Ruth 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ruth 4:1 And Boaz went up, to the gate, and sat there. He "went up," for the city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1 ; Ruth 3:6 ). "And sat there," on one...
Ruth 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nearer Relative Declines to Act
Ruth 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:8 ; Acts 6:12 ; Deuteronomy 29:10 ; Deuteronomy 31:28 ; Exodus 18:21 ; Exodus 18:22 ; Exodus 21:8 ; Lamentations 5:14 ; Proverbs 31:23
Ruth 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 divorc...

Ruth 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 4:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes