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Ruth 2:20
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20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, (A)“Blessed be he of the Lord, who (B)has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!” And Naomi said to her, “This man is a relation of ours, (C)one of [a]our close relatives.”

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  1. Ruth 2:20 our redeemers, Heb. goalenu
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Ruth 2:20
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20 “The Lord bless him!(A)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(B) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(C) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(D) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[a](E)”

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  1. Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).
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