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       Ruth 4:5-6
       By: clark thompson Date: February 6, 2017, 4:44 am
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       Ruth 4:5-6 King James Version (KJV)
       5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of
       Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of
       the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
       6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I
       mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I
       cannot redeem it.
       Ruth 4:5-6 New Life Version (NLV)
       5 Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from Naomi, you
       must take Ruth, the Moabite woman, also. She is the wife of the
       dead man. You must keep alive the name of the dead man on his
       land.” 6 Then the close in-law said, “I cannot buy it for myself
       because it might be that my own children would not be able to
       own my land later. Take it for yourself. I give you my right to
       buy it, for I cannot buy it.”
       New Life Version (NLV) Copyright © 1969 by Christian Literature
       International
       These are my thoughts, please share yours.
       5 So this meant that he had to marry Ruth he had no problem
       buying the land but didn’t want a new wife. This could be
       because of her being a Moabite but is not stated here.
       6 He didn’t buy it because he wanted to be able to pass it down
       to his own children. He knew the law that him buying it would
       not make it his why he goes into buying it is kind of greedy
       because he may have been trying to buy it so he could give to
       his children rather then keep it to whose it was by being the
       kinsmen redeemer. Sometimes we want only to do half the work
       wanting the whole reward.
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