Ruth 1:4

New Living Translation

The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Matthew 1:5

Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab). Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth). Obed was the father of Jesse.

Deuteronomy 23:3

“No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 7:3

You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,

Ruth 1:3

Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:5

both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.