Ruth 4:2

New International Reader's Version

Boaz brought ten of the elders of the town together. He said, “Sit down here.” So they did.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote some letters in Ahab’s name. She stamped them with his royal seal. Then she sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in the city where Naboth lived.

Exodus 21:8

But what if the master who has chosen her does not like her? Then he must let the man buy her back. He has no right to sell her to strangers. He has broken his promise to her.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is respected at the city gate. There he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

Lamentations 5:14

Our elders don’t go to the city gate anymore. Our young men have stopped playing their music.

Acts 6:12

So the people were stirred up. The elders and the teachers of the law were stirred up too. They arrested Stephen and brought him to the Sanhedrin.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But suppose the man doesn’t want to marry his brother’s wife. Then she will go to the elders at the gate of the town. She will say, “My husband’s brother refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel. He won’t do for me what a brother-in-law is supposed to do.”

Deuteronomy 29:10

Today all of you are standing here in the sight of the Lord your God. Your leaders and chief men are here. Your elders and officials are here. So are all the other men of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather together all the elders of your tribes and all your officials. Bring them to me. Then I can speak these words to them. I can call for the heavens and the earth to be witnesses against them.