Thunder - The Voice of God Part 5 of 5

 "God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; 

he does great things beyond our understanding."

Job 37:5

 

Revelation 4:5  From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.

Revelation 8:5  Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Revelation 10:1-4  Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down."  

Revelation 11:19  Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. 

Revelation 16:17-18  The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!" Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake.

 

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Sincerely,

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Thunder - The Voice of God Part 4 of 5

 "God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; 

he does great things beyond our understanding." 

Job 37:5

 

Jeremiah 10:12-13  But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 25:30-31  "Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them: 'The LORD will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, shout against all who live on the earth. The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword,' " declares the LORD.

Joel 2:11  The LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?  

Amos 1:1-2  The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa--the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. He said: "The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers." 

Isaiah 66:6  "Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve."

John 12:28-29  "Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him. 

Psalm 93:4  Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea--the LORD on high is mighty.

 

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Thunder - The Voice of God Part 3 of 5

 "God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; 

he does great things beyond our understanding." 

Job 37:5

 

Psalm 29:3-9  The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning. The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

Psalm 46:6  Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

Psalm 68:32-33  Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, to him who rides across the highest heavens, who thunders with a mighty voice.

Psalm 77:17-18  The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth. Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

 

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Thunder - The Voice of God Part 2 of 5

 "God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; 

he does great things beyond our understanding." 

Job 37:5

 

2 Samuel 22:13-14 "Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth. The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded."

Job 36:29-33  "Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion? See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea. This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance. He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark. His thunder announces the coming storm; even his cattle make known its approach."

Job 37:2-4  "Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back."

Psalm 18:12-14  Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

 

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Thunder - The Voice of God Part 1 of 5

 "God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; 

he does great things beyond our understanding." 

Job 37:5

 

1 Samuel 2:9b-10  "It is not by strength that one prevails; those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."

Exodus 19:16  On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.

Isaiah 29:5b-6  Suddenly, in an instant, the LORD Almighty will come with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.

1 Samuel 7:10  While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the LORD thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.

Exodus 23-24  When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt; hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
1 Samuel 12:16-18  "Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes! Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the LORD when you asked for a king." Then Samuel called on the LORD, and that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the LORD and of Samuel.

Job 37:11-13  "He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them. He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love."

 

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Ruth 4:18-22 Part 2 of 2

This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed, Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David.

 

Ram the father of Amminadab

Exodus 6:23  Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 2:10  ... Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.

Amminadab the father of Nahshon 

Numbers 7:12  The one who brought his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah.

Numbers 1:7  ... from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;...

Matthew 1:4  ... Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, ...

Luke 3:32  ... the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, ...

Salmon the father of Boaz 

Ruth 2:1  Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

 

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Ruth 4:18-22 Part 1 of 2

This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed, Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David.

 

This, then is the family line of Perez

Genesis 38:29  But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, "So this is how you have broken out!" And he was named Perez [which means "breaking out"]

Genesis 46:12  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 

Numbers 26:20-21   The descendants of Judah by their clans were: through Shelah, the Shelanite clan; through Perez, the Perezite clan; through Zerah, the Zerahite clan. The descendants of Perez were: through Hezron, the Hezronite clan; through Hamul, the Hamulite clan.

Ruth 4:12  "Through the offspring the LORD gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah."

2 Chronicles 2:4  Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

Matthew 1:3  ... Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, ...

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Ruth 4:16-17

Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. The women living there said, "Naomi has a son!" And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

 

He was the father of Jesse

Ruth 4:22  ... Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David.

1 Samuel 16:1  The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king."

1 Samuel 16:18  One of the servants answered, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the LORD is with him."

1 Samuel 17:12  Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time he was very old.

1 Samuel 17:17  Now Jesse said to his son David, "Take this ephah (about 36 pounds or 16 kilograms) of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp."

1 Samuel 17:58  "Whose son are you, young man?" Saul asked him. David said, "I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem." 

1 Chronicles 2:12  ... Boaz the father of Obed, and Obed the father of Jesse.

Psalm 72:20  This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.

the father of David 

1 Samuel 16:13  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.

1 Chronicles 2:13-15  Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea (or Shammah in 1 Samuel), the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, the sixth Ozem and the seventh David. (though David was the eighth son, one brother has been removed from this list in order that David would occupy the favored place of seventh son in this genealogy since this book is about David's reign)

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Ruth 4:13-15 Part 2 of 2

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

 

said to Naomi, "Praise be to the LORD"

Exodus 18:10  He (Jethro) said, "Praise be to the LORD, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians."

1 Kings 8:56  "Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses."

Psalm 28:6  Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.

Psalm 41:13  Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Psalm 68:19  Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

Psalm 106:48  Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD.

Luke 1:68  "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them."

who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer 

Ruth 2:20  "The LORD bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers."

For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons 

1 Samuel 1:8  Her husband Elkanah would say to her, "Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don't you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?"

1 Samuel 2:5  "Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away."

Job 1:2  He had seven sons and three daughters, ...

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Ruth 4:13-15 Part 1 of 2

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

 

The LORD enabled her to conceive

Genesis 21:1  Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.

Genesis 29:31  When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.

Genesis 30:22  Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.

1 Samuel 1:19  Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home in Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

and she gave birth to a son 

Genesis 29:32  Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben (which means "see a son"), for she said, "It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now."

Genesis 30:23  She (Rachel) became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, "God has taken away my disgrace." 

Luke 1:57  When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.

the women 

Luke 1:58  Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

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Ruth 4:11-12

Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. Through the offspring the LORD gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah."

 

Then the elders and all the people at the gate 

Genesis 23:10  Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

We are witnesses 

Ruth 4:9-10  Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!" 

May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah 

Genesis 29:16  Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:28  ... He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

Genesis 35:23-26  The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Rachel's servant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali. The sons of Leah's servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

May you have standing in Ephrathah 

Genesis 35:16  Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

and be famous in Bethlehem 

Ruth 1:19  So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?"

May your family be like that of Perez 

Genesis 38:29  But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, "So this is how you have broken out!" And he was named Perez (which means "breaking out")

 

whom Tamar bore to Judah 

Genesis 38:25  As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. "I am pregnant by the man who owns these," she said. And she added, "See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are."

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Ruth 4:9-10

Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, 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. Today you are witnesses!"

 

Today you are witnesses

Isaiah 8:1-2  The LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz" (means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil). So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me. 

Isaiah 8:16  Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God's instruction among my disciples.

Isaiah 8:20  Consult God's instructions and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this work, they have no light.

Jeremiah 32:10  "I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales."

Jeremiah 32:44  "Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD."

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife 

Deuteronomy 25:5  If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of brother-in-law to her.

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 

Deuteronomy 25:6  The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

Today you are witnesses! 

Joshua 24:22  Then Joshua said, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD."

Isaiah 43:10  "You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me."

Isaiah 44:8  "Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."

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Ruth 4:7-8

(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.) So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it yourself." And he removed his sandal.

 

for the redemption and transfer of property to become final

Leviticus 25:23-24  " 'The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.' " 

one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel 

Deuteronomy 25:8-10  Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her," his brother's widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, "This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line." That man's line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.

Amos 2:6  This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals."

Amos 8:4-6  Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, saying "When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?" --skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

Ruth 4:8  So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it yourself." And he removed his sandal.

 

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Ruth 4:3-6

Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, "Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek. I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to it except you, and I am the next in line."  "I will redeem it," He said. Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man's widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property." At this the guardian-redeemer said, "Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it."

 

Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek

Leviticus 25:25  " 'If one your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.' "

Leviticus 25:47-49  " 'If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner's clan, they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them: An uncle or a cousin or any blood relative in their clan may redeem them. Or if they prosper, they may redeem themselves.' " 

Jeremiah 32:6-7  Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me: Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, 'Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.' "

For no one has the right to do it except you 

Jerimiah 32:8-9  Then, just as the LORD has said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, 'Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.' I knew that this was the word of the LORD; so I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of silver." (about 7 ounces or 200 grams)

 

On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man's widow

Ruth 1:22  So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning. 

in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property 

Genesis 38:8  Then Judah said to Onan, "Sleep with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother."

You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it 

Deuteronomy 25:7  However, if a man does not want to marry his brother's wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to carry on his brother's name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of brother-in-law to me."

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Ruth 4:1-2

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, "Come over here, my friend and sit down." So he went over and sat down. Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, "Sit here," and they did so.

 

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate

Genesis 19:1  The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 23:10  Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

Genesis 34:20  So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

Genesis 34:24  All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised.

Psalm 69:12  Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

Deuteronomy 25:7  However, if a man does not want to marry his brother's wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to carry on his brother's name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of brother-in-law to me."

Joshua 20:4  "When they flee to one of these cities (cities of refuge), they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them."

Ruth 4:1a  Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, "We are witnesses."

Proverbs 31:23  Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land. 

and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer 

Ruth 2:20  "The LORD bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers."

he had mentioned came along 

Ruth 3:12  "Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I."

Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, "Sit down here," and they did so 

Exodus 17:5  The LORD answered Moses, "Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go."

Numbers 11:16  The LORD said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you."

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Ruth 3:14-18

So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, "No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor." He also said, "Bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out." When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he went back to town. When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, "How did it go my daughter?" Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her and added, "He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.' " Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today."

 

No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor

Ruth 3:6  So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

Romans 14:16  Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. 

2 Corinthians 8:21  For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man. 

 

For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today 

Psalm 37:3-6  Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. 

 

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Ruth 3:12-13

"Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I. Stay here for the night and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the LORD lives I will do it. Lie here until morning."

 

Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family

Ruth 2:20  "The LORD bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers." 

 

there is another who is more closely related than I 

Ruth 4:1  Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, "Come over here, my friend and sit down." so he went over and sat down.

 

in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good 

Deuteronomy 25:5-6  If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her. The first son that she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.  

Ruth 4:5  Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man's widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property." 

Matthew 22:24  "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him." (also Mark 12:19, Luke 20:28)

 

But if he is not willing, as surely as the LORD lives 

Numbers 14:21-23  "Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth, not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times--not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it."

Hosea 4:15  "Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!' " 

I will do it 

Ruth 4:6  At this, the guardian-redeemer said, "Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it."

Ruth 4:9-10  Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, 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. Today you are witnesses!"

 

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Ruth 3:8-11

In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned--and there was a woman lying at his feet! "Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth," she said. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family."  "The LORD bless you my daughter," he replied. "This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character."

 

Spread the corner of your garment over me

Ezekiel 16:8  " 'Later I passed by, and when I looked at you (Jerusalem) and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.' "

 

since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family 

Ruth 2:20  "The LORD bless him!: Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers."

Leviticus 25:25  " 'If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.' " 

Ruth 3:12  "Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I."

Ruth 4:1  Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, "Come over here, my friend and sit down." So he went over and sat down.

This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier 

Joshua 2:12  "Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them--and that you will save us from death."

All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character 

Proverbs 12:4  A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

Proverbs 14:1  The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

Proverbs 31:10  A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

 

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Ruth 3:7

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down.

When Boaz had finished eating and was in good spirits

Judges 19:6  So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Afterward the woman's father said, "Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself."

Judges 19:9  Then when the man, with his concubine and his servant, got up to leave, his father-in-law, the woman's father, said, "Now look it is almost evening. Spend the night here; the day is nearly over. Stay and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and be on your way home." 

1 Samuel 25:36  When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak. (see 1 Samuel 25)

2 Samuel 13:28  Absalom ordered his men, "Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' then kill him. Don't be afraid. Haven't I given you this order? Be strong and brave." 

1 Kings 21:7  Jezebel his wife said, "Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I'll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."

Esther 1:10-11  On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him--Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas--to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at.

he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile 

2 Chronicles 31:5-6  As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil, and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps.

Jeremiah 50:25-26  The LORD has opened his arsenal and brought out the weapons of his wrath, for the Sovereign LORD Almighty has work to do in the land of the Babylonians. Come against her from afar. Break open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain. Completely destroy her and leave her no remnant.

Haggai 2:15-17  " 'Now give careful thought to this from this day on--consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the LORD's temple. When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,' declares the LORD."

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Ruth 3:5-6

"I will do whatever you say," Ruth answered. So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

 

I will do whatever you say

Ephesians 6:1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Proverbs 6:20  My son, keep your father's command and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

Colossians 3:20  Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

So she went down to the threshing floor 

Numbers 18:27  " 'Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.' "

Deuteronomy 15:12-14  If any of your people--Hebrew men or women--sell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free. And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to them as the LORD your God has blessed you.

Judges 6:36-40  Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised--look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said." And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew--a bowlful of water. Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with dew." That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.

Ruth 3:14  So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, "No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor."

 

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Ruth 3:3-4 Part 2 of 2

"Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor; but don't let him know you are there until he is finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do."

 

but don't let him know you are there until he is finished eating and drinking

Exodus 32:6  So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings (to the golden calf they had made). Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

Ecclesiastes 2:3  I tried cheering myself with wine and embracing folly--my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.

2 Samuel 11:11  Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!"

Nehemiah 8:11-12  The Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve." Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy, because they now understood the words that had been made known to them. 

Psalm 26:4-5  I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites. I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25  A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13  I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink and find satisfaction in all their toil--this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:18  This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them--for this is their lot.

Ecclesiastes 8:15  So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.

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Ruth 3:3-4 Part 1 of 2

"Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor; but don't let him know you are there until he is finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do."

 

Wash

2 Samuel 12:20  Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.  

2 Kings 5:10   Elisha sent a messenger to say to him (Naaman), "Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed."

Psalm 26:6-7  I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, LORD, proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds. 

Psalm 51:2  Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Isaiah 1:16  Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.

Jeremiah 4:14  Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?

Ezekiel 16:9  " 'I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you.' "

put on perfume 

2 Samuel 14:2  So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there. He said to her, "Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don't use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead."

Isaiah 61:3a  ... and provide for those who grieve in Zion--to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

and get dressed in your best clothes 

Genesis 41:14  So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

Genesis 35:2  So Jacob said to his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes."

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