Ruth 4:2

Good News Translation

Then Boaz got ten of the leaders of the town and asked them to sit down there too. When they were seated,

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

Then she wrote some letters, signed Ahab's name to them, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the officials and leading citizens of Jezreel.

Exodus 21:8

If she is sold to someone who intends to make her his wife, but he doesn't like her, then she is to be sold back to her father; her master cannot sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens.

Lamentations 5:14

The old people no longer sit at the city gate, and the young people no longer make music.

Acts 6:12

In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law. They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the dead man's brother does not want to marry her, she is to go before the town leaders and say, ‘My husband's brother will not do his duty; he refuses to give his brother a descendant among the people of Israel.’

Deuteronomy 29:10

“Today you are standing in the presence of the Lord your God, all of you—your leaders and officials, your men,

Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble all your tribal leaders and officials before me, so that I can tell them these things; I will call heaven and earth to be my witnesses against them.