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

And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, will sell a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the [a]assistants, and before the Elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, tell me: for I know that there is none [b]besides thee to redeem it, and I am after thee. Then he answered, I will redeem it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:4 Or, inhabitants.
  2. Ruth 4:4 For thou art the next of the kin.

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