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Selected Verse: Ruth 2:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Ru 2:20 |
Strong Concordance |
And Naomi [05281] said [0559] unto her daughter in law [03618], Blessed [01288] be he of the LORD [03068], who hath not left off [05800] his kindness [02617] to the living [02416] and to the dead [04191]. And Naomi [05281] said [0559] unto her, The man [0376] is near of kin [07138] unto us, one of our next kinsmen [01350]. |
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King James |
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the man is . . . one of our next kinsmen--Hebrew, "one of our redeemers," on whom it devolves to protect us, to purchase our lands, and marry you, the widow of his next kinsman. She said, "one of them," not that there were many in the same close relationship, but that he was a very near kinsman, one other individual only having the precedence. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Blessed be he of the Lord ... - We may gather from Naomi's allusion to the dead that both her husband and son had been faithful servants of Jehovah, the God of Israel. His kindness to the dead consisted in raising up (as Naomi hoped) an heir to perpetuate the name; and, in general, in His care for their widows.
One of our next kinsmen - The word here is גאל gā'al, the redeemer, who had the right:
(1) of redeeming the inheritance of the person;
(2) of marrying the widow;
(3) of avenging the death. (See Lev 25:25-31, Lev 25:47-55; Deu 25:5-10; Deu 19:1-13.)
Since these rights belonged to the next of kin, גאל gā'al came to mean the nearest kinsman. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
kinsmen
Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type).
(See Scofield) - (Isa 59:20). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| To the dead - That is, which he formerly shewed to those who are now dead, my husband and his sons whilst they were living, and now continues to us. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
To the living and to the dead - Naomi and Ruth were the living; and they were also the representatives of Elimelech and Mahlon, who were dead. Naomi was of the family; and Ruth, though not of the family, was a representative of one of its deceased branches, being the widow of Mahlon.
One of our next kinsmen - מגאלינו miggoaleynu, of our redeemers, one who has the right to redeem the forfeited inheritance of the family. The word גאל goel signifies a near kinsman - one who by the Mosaic law had a right to redeem an inheritance, and also was permitted to vindicate or revenge the death of his relation by killing the slayer, if he found him out of the cities of refuge.
In order to prevent families from running to decay, if a brother died childless, the next unmarried brother took his widow; and the children from that marriage were reputed the children of the deceased brother. The office of the next akin was threefold:
1. It belonged to him to buy back the forfeited inheritance, or the liberty of him who had been obliged to sell himself for a servant.
2. It was his right to avenge the blood of any of the family who had been killed, by killing the murderer.
3. It belonged to him to take the widow of a deceased brother or relative, if he died childless.
If the nearest akin in any case refused, he was treated with indignity, lost his right to the inheritance, and the next akin to him might come forward and take the widow, etc., as in the case of Boaz. See Rut 4:4-10. |
1 When the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath cut off [03772] the nations [01471], whose land [0776] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee, and thou succeedest [03423] them, and dwellest [03427] in their cities [05892], and in their houses [01004];
2 Thou shalt separate [0914] three [07969] cities [05892] for thee in the midst [08432] of thy land [0776], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee to possess [03423] it.
3 Thou shalt prepare [03559] thee a way [01870], and divide the coasts [01366] of thy land [0776], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth thee to inherit [05157], into three parts [08027], that every slayer [07523] may flee [05127] thither.
4 And this is the case [01697] of the slayer [07523], which shall flee [05127] thither, that he may live [02425]: Whoso killeth [05221] his neighbour [07453] ignorantly [01097] [01847], whom he hated [08130] not in time [08543] past [08032];
5 As when a man goeth [0935] into the wood [03293] with his neighbour [07453] to hew [02404] wood [06086], and his hand [03027] fetcheth a stroke [05080] with the axe [01631] to cut down [03772] the tree [06086], and the head [01270] slippeth [05394] from the helve [06086], and lighteth [04672] upon his neighbour [07453], that he die [04191]; he shall flee [05127] unto one [0259] of those cities [05892], and live [02425]:
6 Lest the avenger [01350] of the blood [01818] pursue [07291] the slayer [0310] [07523], while [03588] his heart [03824] is hot [03179], and overtake [05381] him, because the way [01870] is long [07235], and slay [05221] him [05315]; whereas he was not worthy [04941] of death [04194], inasmuch as [03588] he hated [08130] him not in time [08543] past [08032].
7 Wherefore I command [06680] thee, saying [0559], Thou shalt separate [0914] three [07969] cities [05892] for thee.
8 And if the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] enlarge [07337] thy coast [01366], as he hath sworn [07650] unto thy fathers [01], and give [05414] thee all the land [0776] which he promised [01696] to give [05414] unto thy fathers [01];
9 If thou shalt keep [08104] all these commandments [04687] to do [06213] them, which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], to love [0157] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and to walk [03212] ever [03117] in his ways [01870]; then shalt thou add [03254] three [07969] cities [05892] more for thee, beside these three [07969]:
10 That innocent [05355] blood [01818] be not shed [08210] in [07130] thy land [0776], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee for an inheritance [05159], and so blood [01818] be upon thee.
11 But if any man [0376] hate [08130] his neighbour [07453], and lie in wait [0693] for him, and rise up [06965] against him, and smite [05221] him mortally [05315] that he die [04191], and fleeth [05127] into one [0259] of these [0411] cities [05892]:
12 Then the elders [02205] of his city [05892] shall send [07971] and fetch [03947] him thence, and deliver [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the avenger [01350] of blood [01818], that he may die [04191].
13 Thine eye [05869] shall not pity [02347] him, but thou shalt put away [01197] the guilt of innocent [05355] blood [01818] from Israel [03478], that it may go well [02895] with thee.
5 If brethren [0251] dwell [03427] together [03162], and one [0259] of them die [04191], and have no child [01121], the wife [0802] of the dead [04191] shall not marry without [02351] unto a stranger [0376] [02114]: her husband's brother [02993] shall go in [0935] unto her, and take [03947] her to him to wife [0802], and perform the duty of an husband's brother [02992] unto her.
6 And it shall be, that the firstborn [01060] which she beareth [03205] shall succeed [06965] in the name [08034] of his brother [0251] which is dead [04191], that his name [08034] be not put out [04229] of Israel [03478].
7 And if the man [0376] like [02654] not to take [03947] his brother's wife [02994], then let his brother's wife [02994] go up [05927] to the gate [08179] unto the elders [02205], and say [0559], My husband's brother [02993] refuseth [03985] to raise up [06965] unto his brother [0251] a name [08034] in Israel [03478], he will [014] not perform the duty of my husband's brother [02992].
8 Then the elders [02205] of his city [05892] shall call [07121] him, and speak [01696] unto him: and if he stand [05975] to it, and say [0559], I like [02654] not to take [03947] her;
9 Then shall his brother's wife [02994] come [05066] unto him in the presence [05869] of the elders [02205], and loose [02502] his shoe [05275] from off his foot [07272], and spit [03417] in his face [06440], and shall answer [06030] and say [0559], So shall it be done [06213] unto that man [0376] that will not build up [01129] his brother's [0251] house [01004].
10 And his name [08034] shall be called [07121] in Israel [03478], The house [01004] of him that hath his shoe [05275] loosed [02502].
47 And if a sojourner [01616] or stranger [08453] wax rich [05381] by thee [03027], and thy brother [0251] that dwelleth by him wax poor [04134], and sell [04376] himself unto the stranger [01616] or sojourner [08453] by thee, or to the stock [06133] of the stranger's [01616] family [04940]:
48 After [0310] that he is sold [04376] he may be redeemed again [01353]; one [0259] of his brethren [0251] may redeem [01350] him:
49 Either his uncle [01730], or his uncle's [01730] son [01121], may redeem [01350] him, or any that is nigh [07607] of kin [01320] unto him of his family [04940] may redeem [01350] him; or if he be able [05381], he may redeem [01350] himself [03027].
50 And he shall reckon [02803] with him that bought [07069] him from the year [08141] that he was sold [04376] to him unto the year [08141] of jubile [03104]: and the price [03701] of his sale [04465] shall be according unto the number [04557] of years [08141], according to the time [03117] of an hired servant [07916] shall it be with him.
51 If there be yet many [07227] years [08141] behind, according [06310] unto them he shall give again [07725] the price of his redemption [01353] out of the money [03701] that he was bought [04736] for.
52 And if there remain [07604] but few [04592] years [08141] unto the year [08141] of jubile [03104], then he shall count [02803] with him, and according [06310] unto his years [08141] shall he give him again [07725] the price of his redemption [01353].
53 And as a yearly [08141] [08141] hired servant [07916] shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule [07287] with rigour [06531] over him in thy sight [05869].
54 And if he be not redeemed [01350] in these years, then he shall go out [03318] in the year [08141] of jubile [03104], both he, and his children [01121] with him.
55 For unto me the children [01121] of Israel [03478] are servants [05650]; they are my servants [05650] whom I brought forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
25 If thy brother [0251] be waxen poor [04134], and hath sold [04376] away some of his possession [0272], and if any of his kin [07138] come [0935] to redeem [01350] it, then shall he redeem [01350] that which his brother [0251] sold [04465].
26 And if the man [0376] have none to redeem [01350] it, and himself [03027] be able [01767] [05381] to redeem [04672] [01353] it;
27 Then let him count [02803] the years [08141] of the sale [04465] thereof, and restore [07725] the overplus [05736] unto the man [0376] to whom he sold [04376] it; that he may return [07725] unto his possession [0272].
28 But if he [03027] be not able [01767] to restore [04672] [07725] it to him, then that which is sold [04465] shall remain in the hand [03027] of him that hath bought [07069] it until the year [08141] of jubile [03104]: and in the jubile [03104] it shall go out [03318], and he shall return [07725] unto his possession [0272].
29 And if a man [0376] sell [04376] a dwelling [04186] house [01004] in a walled [02346] city [05892], then he may redeem [01353] it within a whole [08552] year [08141] after it is sold [04465]; within a full year [03117] may he redeem [01353] it.
30 And if it be not redeemed [01350] within the space [04390] of a full [08549] year [08141], then the house [01004] that is in the walled [02346] city [05892] shall be established [06965] for ever [06783] to him that bought [07069] it throughout his generations [01755]: it shall not go out [03318] in the jubile [03104].
31 But the houses [01004] of the villages [02691] which have no wall [02346] round about [05439] them shall be counted [02803] as the fields [07704] of the country [0776]: they may be redeemed [01353], and they shall go out [03318] in the jubile [03104].
20 And the Redeemer [01350] shall come [0935] to Zion [06726], and unto them that turn [07725] from transgression [06588] in Jacob [03290], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
4 And I thought [0559] to advertise [01540] [0241] thee, saying [0559], Buy [07069] it before the inhabitants [03427], and before the elders [02205] of my people [05971]. If thou wilt redeem [01350] it, redeem [01350] it: but if thou wilt not redeem [01350] it, then tell [05046] me, that I may know [03045]: for there is none to redeem [01350] it beside [02108] thee; and I am after [0310] thee. And he said [0559], I will redeem [01350] it.
5 Then said [0559] Boaz [01162], What day [03117] thou buyest [07069] the field [07704] of the hand [03027] of Naomi [05281], thou must buy [07069] it also of Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125], the wife [0802] of the dead [04191], to raise up [06965] the name [08034] of the dead [04191] upon his inheritance [05159].
6 And the kinsman [01350] said [0559], I cannot [03201] redeem [01350] it for myself, lest I mar [07843] mine own inheritance [05159]: redeem [01350] thou my right [01353] to thyself; for I cannot [03201] redeem [01350] it.
7 Now this was the manner in former time [06440] in Israel [03478] concerning redeeming [01353] and concerning changing [08545], for to confirm [06965] all things [01697]; a man [0376] plucked off [08025] his shoe [05275], and gave [05414] it to his neighbour [07453]: and this was a testimony [08584] in Israel [03478].
8 Therefore the kinsman [01350] said [0559] unto Boaz [01162], Buy [07069] it for thee. So he drew off [08025] his shoe [05275].
9 And Boaz [01162] said [0559] unto the elders [02205], and unto all the people [05971], Ye are witnesses [05707] this day [03117], that I have bought [07069] all that was Elimelech's [0458], and all that was Chilion's [03630] and Mahlon's [04248], of the hand [03027] of Naomi [05281].
10 Moreover Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125], the wife [0802] of Mahlon [04248], have I purchased [07069] to be my wife [0802], to raise up [06965] the name [08034] of the dead [04191] upon his inheritance [05159], that the name [08034] of the dead [04191] be not cut off [03772] from among [05973] his brethren [0251], and from the gate [08179] of his place [04725]: ye are witnesses [05707] this day [03117].