Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

The kinsman

General references

Bible References

To the gate

Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 17:5
Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
Deuteronomy 21:19
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.
Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

The kinsman

Ruth 3:12
Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.

Ho, such

Isaiah 55:1
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
Zechariah 2:6
Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

General references

Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

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