Ruth 1:4

Legacy Standard Bible

They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Matthew 1:5

And Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

Deuteronomy 23:3

No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of their seed shall ever enter the assembly of Yahweh,

Deuteronomy 7:3

Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Ruth 1:3

Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:5

Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two children and her husband.