Ruth 4:2

A Conservative Version

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

Cross References

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, [and] who dwelt with Naboth.

Acts 6:12

And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

Exodus 21:8

If she does not please her master, who has espoused her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no power to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

Deuteronomy 29:10

Ye stand this day all of you before LORD your God--your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 25:7

And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty