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Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
the Second Week after Easter
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

路得记 4:9

波阿斯對長老和眾人說:“今天你們都是見證人,所有屬於以利米勒、基連和瑪倫的,我都從拿俄米手中買下來了。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chilion;   Covenant;   Dowry;   Elimelech;   Government;   Heir;   Inheritance;   Land;   Mahlon;   Marriage;   Redemption;   Ruth;   Witness;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Covenants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gate;   Justice;   Names;   Sandals;   Widow;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elder;   Widow;   Witness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elder;   Kinsman-Redeemer;   Leadership;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Chilion;   Elimelech;   Mahlon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Judge (Office);   Levirate Law, Levirate Marriage;   Mahlon;   Ruth;   Witness, Martyr;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Boaz;   Chilion;   Marriage;   Sabbatical Year;   Witness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chilion ;   Elders;   Elimelech ;   Gate;   Mahlon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kinsman;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elder;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Chil'lon;   Mah'lon;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for June 15;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
波 阿 斯 对 长 老 和 众 民 说 : 你 们 今 日 作 见 证 , 凡 属 以 利 米 勒 和 基 连 、 玛 伦 的 , 我 都 从 拿 俄 米 手 中 置 买 了 ;

Contextual Overview

9 Then Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, "You are witnesses today. I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I am also taking Ruth, the Moabite who was the wife of Mahlon, as my wife. I am doing this so her dead husband's property will stay in his name and his name will not be separated from his family and his hometown. You are witnesses today." 11 So all the people and elders who were at the city gate said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is coming into your home, like Rachel and Leah, who had many children and built up the people of Israel. May you become powerful in the district of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. 12 As Tamar gave birth to Judah's son Perez, may the Lord give you many children through Ruth. May your family be great like his."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ye are witnesses: Genesis 23:16-18, Jeremiah 32:10-12

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:11 - in the

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"
Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can stand!
Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."
Genesis 37:32
Then they brought the long-sleeved robe to their father and said, "We found this robe. Look it over carefully and see if it is your son's robe."
Psalms 9:12
He remembers who the murderers are; he will not forget the cries of those who suffer.
Proverbs 28:13
If you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.
John 8:44
You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people,.... Who were present at the gate of the city, or in court:

ye are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech's; all the land which belonged to him, who was the husband of Naomi, and the father of Ruth's husband, whose estate Boaz now bought, paying the value for it to Naomi:

and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's; the two sons of Elimelech, who, had they been living, would have enjoyed their father's estate; but they being dead, it devolved on the mother, and after her on the widows, who must therefore agree to the sale of the estate, as Ruth did, see Ruth 4:5. Of Orpah no notice is taken, because she returned to her own land; and besides Mahlon, the husband of Ruth, was the elder brother, and therefore had the first right to the inheritance; but as it was in the hands of Naomi now, the purchase was made of her principally, and therefore Boaz is said to purchase it

of the hand of Naomi; to whom the money was paid, and who delivered the estate to him.


 
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