Ruth 4:2

New Century Version

Boaz gathered ten of the elders of the city and told them, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

So Jezebel wrote some letters, signed Ahab’s name to them, and used his own seal to seal them. Then she sent them to the elders and important men who lived in Naboth’s town.

Exodus 21:8

If the master wanted to marry her but then decided he was not pleased with her, he must let one of her close relatives buy her back. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city meetings, where he makes decisions as one of the leaders of the land.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders no longer sit at the city gates; the young men no longer sing.

Acts 6:12

This upset the people, the elders, and the teachers of the law. They came and grabbed Stephen and brought him to a meeting of the leaders.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if a man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she should go to the elders at the town gate. She should say, “My brother-in-law will not carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He refuses to do his duty for me.”

Deuteronomy 29:10

Today you are all standing here before the Lord your God—your leaders and important men, your elders, officers, and all the other men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather all the older leaders of your tribes and all your officers to me so that I may say these things for them to hear, and so that I may ask heaven and earth to testify against them.