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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 4:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:3 Naomi . . . is selling the land: Naomi probably did not have control of Elimelech’s ancestral land, though she did have legal title. She was selling the right to redeem it, or buy it back, from whoever was currently using it.
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