Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Ruth 4:5

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What day: Or rather, according to the emendations proposed by Houbigant and Dr. Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great many manuscripts since collated, and agreeably to the ancient versions, "In the day thou purchasest the land from the hand of Naomi, thou wilt also acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead," etc. This is Boaz's statement of the case to his kinsman, before the people and elders. to raise up: Rut 3:12, Rut 3:13; Gen 38:8; Deu 25:5, Deu 25:6; Mat 22:24; Luk 20:28 Ruth 4:6

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