Ruth 3:9

So he asked, “Who are you?”

“I am Ruth, your slave,” she replied. “Spread your cloak over me, for you are a family redeemer.”

Ezekiel 16:8

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of My garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Ruth 2:20

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, who has not forsaken his kindness to the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our family redeemers.”

Ruth 3:12

Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.

Ruth 2:10-13

She bowed with her face to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind to notice me, although I am a foreigner?”

1 Samuel 25:41

She stood up, then bowed her face to the ground and said, “Here I am, your servant, to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

Spread therefore

A near kinsman

General references

Bible References

Ruth

Ruth 2:10
She bowed with her face to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind to notice me, although I am a foreigner?”
1 Samuel 25:41
She stood up, then bowed her face to the ground and said, “Here I am, your servant, to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Spread therefore

Ezekiel 16:8
“Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of My garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

A near kinsman

Ruth 3:12
Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.
Ruth 2:20
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, who has not forsaken his kindness to the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our family redeemers.”

General references

Leviticus 25:25
If your brother becomes destitute and sells part of his property, his nearest relative may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

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