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10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property[a] so the name of the deceased might not disappear[b] from among his relatives and from his village.[c] You are witnesses today.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:10 tn Heb “in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance” (NASB similar).
  2. Ruth 4:10 tn Heb “be cut off” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “may not perish.”
  3. Ruth 4:10 tn Heb “and from the gate of his place” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “from the court of his birth place”; NIV “from the town records.”

10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(A) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(B) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.(C) Today you are witnesses!(D)

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