Ruth 4:1
Ruth · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“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 aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.”Ruth 4:1
What Does Ruth 4:1 Mean?
Ruth 4:1 is found in the book of Ruth, chapter 4, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ruth 4:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ruth 3:12“And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.”Deuteronomy 25:7“And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.”Proverbs 31:23“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.”Genesis 34:20“And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,”Job 29:7“When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!”Deuteronomy 25:6“And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.”Joshua 20:4“And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.”Genesis 23:10“And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,”Genesis 23:11“Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.”Genesis 23:18“Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.”Deuteronomy 16:18“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”2 Samuel 15:2“And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”2 Chronicles 18:9“And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.”Isaiah 55:1“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”Amos 5:12“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”Deuteronomy 21:19“Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;”Job 31:21“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”Amos 5:10“They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.”Amos 5:15“Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.”Zechariah 2:6“Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.”
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