“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 […]

“Naomi said, ‘My daughter, just stay where you are, until you learn how the matter comes out; for the man won’t rest unless he resolves the matter today.”-Ruth 3:18 After a long night at the threshing floor with Boaz, Ruth finally returns home. Naomi wakes up bleary eyed and calls out “Who are you? My […]

“Now, it is true that I am a redeeming kinsman; but there is a redeemer who is a closer relative than I am.” -Ruth 3:12 In verse 12, we see that a monkey wrench was thrown into Ruth’s plans to get Boaz to marry her. Boaz tells Ruth he is perfectly happy to accept her […]