Ruth 1:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years;

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab;

Matthew 1:5

and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,

Deuteronomy 23:3

“No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none belonging to them shall enter the assembly of the Lord for ever;

Deuteronomy 7:3

You shall not make marriages with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.

Ruth 1:3

But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:5

and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband.