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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Ruth

Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 22,644 words · 63 reading sections

SECTION 61

Ruth 4:13

Ruth 4:13 Ver. 13. So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife,.... Without any other rites or ceremonies than what are here expressed; for as yet the rites and ceremonies now in use with the Jews {o}, in marriages had not obtained: and when he went in unto her; which is a modest expression of the conjugal duty performed …

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SECTION 62

Ruth 4:14

Ruth 4:14 Ver. 14. And the women said unto Naomi,.... The inhabitants of Bethlehem, as they fell into her company; or perhaps these were the women that were called to the labour of Ruth, and attended the birth of the child: blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman; a grandchild born to…

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SECTION 63

Ruth 4:15

Ruth 4:15 Ver. 15. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life,.... Of the joys, pleasures, and comforts of it, which she had been deprived of through the death of her husband and her two sons, ever since which she had lived a sorrowful life; all the comfort she had was from her daughter-in-law, and now a grandch…

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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.

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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.