“Then he said to the redeeming kinsman, ‘The parcel of land which used to belong to our relative Elimelekh is being offered for sale by Na‘omi, who has returned from the plain of Mo’av.’”-Ruth 4:3 Verse 3 kicks off the dialogue to determine who would become Naomi’s Kinsman Redeemer. Would it be Boaz? Or the […]

Let’s get our bearings of where we’re at in our study of Ruth Chapter 4. So Boaz informs the other Kinsman Redeemer (referred to as “so and so”) that he possesses the right of first refusal to redeem Naomi’s land through purchase. However, Boaz also tells the other redeemer if he doesn’t want to redeem […]

“Then he said to the redeeming kinsman, ‘The parcel of land which used to belong to our relative Elimelekh is being offered for sale by Naomi, who has returned from the plain of Mo’av.’”-Ruth 4:3 I don’t like the way the Complete Jewish Bible translated one word in verse 3 of Ruth Chapter 4. I’m […]

“Meanwhile, Boaz had gone up to the gate and had sat down there, when the redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken passed by. ‘Such-and-such,’ he said, ‘come over, and sit down’; so he came over and sat down.”-Ruth 4:1 So verse 1 kicks off the legal process used in the Biblical era to solve matters […]

Today we begin Ruth Chapter Four. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. There’s one central theme and key lesson to be gained from our study of the Book of Ruth. And it can be summed up in the following question: How can we apply the Laws of […]