Ruth 4:2

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

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

Exodus 21:8

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

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the [city's] gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. [Prov. 12:4.]

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have ceased from [congregating at] the city's gate, the young men from their music.

Acts 6:12

[Thus] they incited the people as well as the elders and the scribes, and they came upon Stephen and arrested him and took him before the council (Sanhedrin).

Deuteronomy 25:7

And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to continue his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

Deuteronomy 29:10

All of you stand today before the Lord your God–your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather 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.