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Rut 4:5

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5 Entonces Booz dijo: El día que compres el campo de manos de Noemí, debes adquirir también a Rut la moabita, viuda del difunto, a fin de conservar el nombre del difunto en su heredad.

Rut 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 4:5

Then said Boaz
In order to try the kinsman, whether he would abide by his resolution, he acquaints him with what he had as yet concealed:

what day thou buyest the field of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth
the Moabitess, the wife of the dead;
the wife of Mahlon, who was dead, the eldest son of Naomi, and so his widow, Ruth the Moabitess, had the reversion of the estate; wherefore the purchase must be made of her as well as of Naomi, and the purchase could not be made of her without marrying her; which, though no law obliged to, yet it seems to be a condition of the purchase annexed to it by Naomi, that she would sell it to no man, unless he would consent to marry Ruth, for whose settlement she had a great concern, having been very dutiful and affectionate to her; which is clearly intimated in the next clause:

to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance;
and so Naomi had another end to answer thereby, not only to provide a good husband for her daughter-in-law, but to perpetuate the name of her son, agreeably to the design of the law in ( Deuteronomy 25:5 ) .

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Rut 4:5 In-Context

3 Entonces dijo al pariente más cercano: Noemí, que volvió de la tierra de Moab, tiene que vender la parte de la tierra que pertenecía a nuestro hermano Elimelec.
4 Y pensé informarte, diciéndote: "Cómprala en presencia de los que están aquí sentados, y en presencia de los ancianos de mi pueblo. Si la vas a redimir, redímela; y si no, dímelo para que yo lo sepa; porque no hay otro aparte de ti que la redima, y yo después de ti." Y él dijo: La redimiré.
5 Entonces Booz dijo: El día que compres el campo de manos de Noemí, debes adquirir también a Rut la moabita, viuda del difunto, a fin de conservar el nombre del difunto en su heredad.
6 Y el pariente más cercano respondió: No puedo redimirla para mí mismo, no sea que perjudique mi heredad. Redímela para ti; usa tú mi derecho de redención, pues yo no puedo redimirla.
7 Y la costumbre en tiempos pasados en Israel tocante a la redención y el intercambio de tierras para confirmar cualquier asunto era ésta: uno se quitaba la sandalia y se la daba al otro; y esta era la manera de confirmar en Israel.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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