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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Ruth 4:2

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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he took ten men of the elders of the city--as witnesses. In ordinary circumstances, two or three were sufficient to attest a bargain; but in cases of importance, such as matrimony, divorce, conveyancing of property, it was the Jewish practice to have ten (Kg1 21:8).
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