Ruth 4:5 Cross References

Ruth 4:5

5: Then Boaz told him, "Of course, your purchase of the land from Naomi also requires that you marry Ruth, the Moabite widow. That way, she can have children who will carry on her husband's name and keep the land in the family."

Deuteronomy 25:5

  1. "If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother must marry her and fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.
  2. The first son she bears to him will be counted as the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.

Genesis 38:8

  1. Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan, "You must marry Tamar, as our law requires of the brother of a man who has died. Her first son from you will be your brother's heir."

Matthew 22:24

  1. "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will be the brother's heir.'

Luke 20:28

  1. They posed this question: "Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will be the brother's heir.

Ruth 3:12

  1. But there is one problem. While it is true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is another man who is more closely related to you than I am.
  2. Stay here tonight, and in the morning I will talk to him. If he is willing to redeem you, then let him marry you. But if he is not willing, then as surely as the LORD lives, I will marry you! Now lie down here until morning."
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