Leviticus 25:25-26
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25 If your brother becomes destitute and sells part of his property, his nearest relative may come and redeem what his brother has sold. 26 If a man has no family redeemer, but he prospers[a] and obtains enough to redeem his land,
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- 25:26 Lit but his hand reaches
Ruth 3:9
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9 So he asked, “Who are you?”
“I am Ruth, your servant,” she replied. “Take me under your wing,[a](A) for you are a family redeemer.”(B)
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- 3:9 Or “Spread the edge of your garment; lit “Spread the wing of your garment; Ru 2:12
Ruth 3:12
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12 Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.
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Ruth 4:1-8
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Ruth and Boaz Marry
4 Boaz went to the gate of the town(A) and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said, “Come over here[a] and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. 2 Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders(B) and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down. 3 He said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the territory of Moab, is selling the portion of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech.(C) 4 I thought I should inform you: Buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do it. But if you do[b] not want to redeem it, tell me so that I will know, because there isn’t anyone other than you to redeem it, and I am next after you.”
“I want to redeem it,” he answered.
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from Naomi, you will acquire[c] Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased man, to perpetuate the man’s name on his property.”[d](D)
6 The redeemer replied, “I can’t redeem it myself, or I will ruin my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I can’t redeem it.”
7 At an earlier period in Israel, a man removed his sandal(E) and gave it to the other party in order to make any matter legally binding concerning the right of redemption or the exchange of property. This was the method of legally binding a transaction in Israel.
8 So the redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy back the property yourself.”
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- 4:1 Or said, “Come here Mr. So-and-so
- 4:4 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read if he does
- 4:5 Lit Naomi and from
- 4:5 Alt Hb tradition reads Naomi, I will have already acquired from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead man, the privilege of raising up the name of the dead man on his property
Ruth 4:14
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14 The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you without a family redeemer today. May his name become well known in Israel.
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Psalm 19:14
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14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you,(A)
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.(B)
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