Ruth 4:2

New Living Translation

Then Boaz called ten leaders from the town and asked them to sit as witnesses.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived.

Exodus 21:8

If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.

Acts 6:12

This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.

Deuteronomy 25:7

“But if the man refuses to marry his brother’s widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.’

Deuteronomy 29:10

All of you—tribal leaders, elders, officers, all the men of Israel—are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 31:28

“Now summon all the elders and officials of your tribes, so that I can speak to them directly and call heaven and earth to witness against them.