Ruth 4:5

Easy To Read Version

Then Boaz said, “If you buy the land from Naomi, you also get the dead man’s wife, Ruth the Moabite woman. {When Ruth has a child, the child will get the land.} That way, the land will stay in the dead man’s family.”

Cross References

Genesis 38:8

Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan, “Go and sleep with your dead brother’s wife. [228] Become like a husband to her. If children are born, then they will belong to your brother Er.”

Matthew 22:24

They said, “Teacher, Moses told us that if a married man dies and he had no children, then his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have children for the dead brother. {\cf2\super [312]}

Luke 20:28

“Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and had no children, then his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have children for the dead brother. {\cf2\super [318]}

Deuteronomy 25:7

If the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then the brother’s wife must go to the leaders at the town meeting place. His brother’s wife must say to the leaders, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel. He will not do the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’