Ruth 4:2

New English Translation

Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

She wrote out orders, signed Ahab’s name to them, and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders to the leaders and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city.

Exodus 21:8

If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.

Acts 6:12

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!”

Deuteronomy 29:10

You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God – the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.