Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

Bible References

Wives

Deuteronomy 7:3
You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Deuteronomy 23:3
An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,
1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh's daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

Ruth

Matthew 1:5
Salmon the father of Boaz (by Rahab), Boaz the father of Obed (by Ruth), Obed the father of Jesse,

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