Verse 1

Then went{H5927} Boaz{H1162} up{H5927}{(H8804)} to the gate{H8179}, and sat him down{H3427}{(H8799)} there: and, behold, the kinsman{H1350}{(H8802)} of whom Boaz{H1162} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} came{H5674}{(H8802)} by; unto whom he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Ho{H1945}, such{H6423} a one{H492}! turn aside{H5493}{(H8798)}, sit down{H3427}{(H8798)} here. And he turned aside{H5493}{(H8799)}, and sat down{H3427}{(H8799)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 3:12 : 12 And now it is true{H551} that I am thy near kinsman{H1350}{(H8802)}: howbeit there is{H3426} a kinsman{H1350}{(H8802)} nearer{H7138} than I.
  • Deut 25:7 : 7 And if the man{H376} like{H2654}{(H8799)} not to take{H3947}{(H8800)} his brother's wife{H2994}, then let his brother's wife{H2994} go up{H5927}{(H8804)} to the gate{H8179} unto the elders{H2205}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, My husband's brother{H2993} refuseth{H3985}{(H8765)} to raise up{H6965}{(H8687)} unto his brother{H251} a name{H8034} in Israel{H3478}, he will{H14}{(H8804)} not perform the duty of my husband's brother{H2992}{(H8763)}.
  • Deut 21:19 : 19 Then shall his father{H1} and his mother{H517} lay hold{H8610}{(H8804)} on him, and bring him out{H3318}{(H8689)} unto the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892}, and unto the gate{H8179} of his place{H4725};
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges{H8199}{(H8802)} and officers{H7860}{(H8802)} shalt thou make{H5414}{(H8799)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, throughout thy tribes{H7626}: and they shall judge{H8199}{(H8804)} the people{H5971} with just{H6664} judgment{H4941}.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out{H3318}{(H8800)} to the gate{H8179} through the city{H7176}, when I prepared{H3559}{(H8686)} my seat{H4186} in the street{H7339}!
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130}{(H8689)} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless{H3490}, when I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} my help{H5833} in the gate{H8179}:
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 Ho{H1945}, every one that thirsteth{H6771}, come{H3212}{(H8798)} ye to the waters{H4325}, and he that hath no money{H3701}; come{H3212}{(H8798)} ye, buy{H7666}{(H8798)}, and eat{H398}{(H8798)}; yea, come{H3212}{(H8798)}, buy{H7666}{(H8798)} wine{H3196} and milk{H2461} without money{H3701} and without price{H4242}.
  • Amos 5:10-12 : 10 They hate{H8130}{(H8804)} him that rebuketh{H3198}{(H8688)} in the gate{H8179}, and they abhor{H8581}{(H8762)} him that speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} uprightly{H8549}. 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as your treading{H1318}{(H8780)} is upon the poor{H1800}, and ye take{H3947}{(H8799)} from him burdens{H4864} of wheat{H1250}: ye have built{H1129}{(H8804)} houses{H1004} of hewn stone{H1496}, but ye shall not dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in them; ye have planted{H5193}{(H8804)} pleasant{H2531} vineyards{H3754}, but ye shall not drink{H8354}{(H8799)} wine{H3196} of them. 12 For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} your manifold{H7227} transgressions{H6588} and your mighty{H6099} sins{H2403}: they afflict{H6887}{(H8802)} the just{H6662}, they take{H3947}{(H8802)} a bribe{H3724}, and they turn aside{H5186}{(H8689)} the poor{H34} in the gate{H8179} from their right.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate{H8130}{(H8798)} the evil{H7451}, and love{H157}{(H8798)} the good{H2896}, and establish{H3322}{(H8685)} judgment{H4941} in the gate{H8179}: it may be that the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635} will be gracious{H2603}{(H8799)} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph{H3130}.
  • Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho{H1945}, ho{H1945}, come forth, and flee{H5127}{(H8798)} from the land{H776} of the north{H6828}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: for I have spread you abroad{H6566}{(H8765)} as the four{H702} winds{H7307} of the heaven{H8064}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Deut 17:5 : 5 Then shalt thou bring forth{H3318}{(H8689)} that man{H376} or that woman{H802}, which have committed{H6213}{(H8804)} that wicked{H7451} thing{H1697}, unto thy gates{H8179}, even that man{H376} or that woman{H802}, and shalt stone{H5619}{(H8804)} them with stones{H68}, till they die{H4191}{(H8804)}.