Ruth 4:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, "Sit down here."

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

And so, she wrote letters in the name of Ahab, and she sealed these with his ring. And she sent to those greater by birth, and to the nobles who were in his city and living with Naboth.

Exodus 21:8

If she displeases the eyes of her lord, to whom she had been delivered, he shall dismiss her. But he shall have no authority to sell her to a foreign people, even if he despises her.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is noble at the gates, when he sits among the senators of the land.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have ceased from the gates, the youths from the choir of the psalms.

Acts 6:12

And thus did they stir up the people and the elders and the scribes. And hurrying together, they seized him and brought him to the council.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if he is not willing to take his brother's wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: 'The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother's name in Israel; nor will he join with me.'

Deuteronomy 29:10

Today, you all stand in the sight of the Lord your God: your leaders, and tribes, and those greater by birth, and teachers, all the people of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.