Ruth 4:5 Cross References - Leeser

5 Then said Bo’az, On the day that thou buyest the field out of the hand of Na’omi, thou buyest it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Genesis 38:8

8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and take her, as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Deuteronomy 25:5-6

5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child: then shall the wife of the dead not be married abroad, unto a stranger; her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to himself for wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the first-born whom she may bear shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead; so that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

Ruth 3:12-13

12 And now, it is indeed true that I am thy near kinsman; nevertheless, there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Remain here this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will redeem thee, well, let him redeem; but if he be not willing to redeem thee, then will I redeem thee, as the Lord liveth: lie still until the morning.

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