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Ruth 4:2
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Ruth 4:2 · Webster Bible
Ruth 4:2 in other translations
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
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In context
1 Then Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there: and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, that has come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which [was] our brother Elimelech's:
4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy [it] before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem [it], redeem [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem [it], [then] tell me, that I may know: for [there is] none to redeem [it] besides thee; and I [am] after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy [it] also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
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