Ruth 4:2

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

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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,...
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...
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 c...
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. S...
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, a...
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 b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ten was considered a perfect number ( Jeremiah 6:27 ; 1 Samuel 25:5 ; 2 Samuel 18:15 ): where ten Jews live there should be a synagogue; these te...
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 s...
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...
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...
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 a...
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 te...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth Refused by Her Kinsman. B. C. 1312. ...
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 mor...
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...
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...
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-fiel...
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 s...
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. Rig...
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 o...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nearer Relative Declines to Act
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he, Boaz, took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here, this being the customary complement of witnesses. And they sat d...
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...

² And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

Related Commentaries of Ruth 4:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ruth 4:2