Ruth 4:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Boaz picked out ten of the elders of the town and asked them to sit nearby. When they had done this,

Cross References

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is prominent at the city gates as he sits with the elders of the land.

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and, having sealed them with his seal, sent them to the elders and to the nobles who lived in the same city with Naboth.

Acts 6:12

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, accosted him, seized him, and brought him before the Sanhedrin.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have abandoned the gate, the young men their music.

Exodus 21:8

But if she displeases her master, who had designated her for himself, he shall let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.

Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble all your tribal elders and your officials before me, that I may speak these words for them to hear and so may call heaven and earth to witness against them.

Deuteronomy 29:10

your children, your wives, and the resident alien who lives in your camp, from those who cut wood to those who draw water for you—

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel and does not intend to perform his duty toward me.”