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Boas, who accepted Ruth as his wife

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[Ruth 4:13]

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife.

Then he went to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

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God gave great grace to Ruth who came to Bethlehem to become a people of God.

By accident, Boaz was the relative of Ruth's father-in-law,

Elimelech, the master of the field,

to pick up the ears of barley.

Boaz was a man who could buy the land of Elimelech and lead the family lineage.

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Naomi helped Boaz and Ruth get married.

When two people get married, the land can be restored

and the lineage of the family can go on.

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It was the day Boaz finished all the harvests and had a feast.

Ruth went to Boaz at a late hour as Naomi instructed her, and secretly lay down on his feet.

Boaz was surprised to see Ruth lying on his feet asleep.

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Ruth asked Boaz to buy her own and family land and return it.

When Boaz heard Ruth, he replied.

“May the LORD bless you. Do not worry. I'll do what you want.

But there is a relative closer to me than the one who will buy back the land of your family.”

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Boaz made this promise to Ruth.

“In the morning I will see if he will buy the land of your family and return it.

If he takes responsibility, I will follow him.

But if he does not mean to buy your family land and return it,

I will do it. I swear by the living Jehovah.”

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The next morning Boaz sat on the gates. Finally,

Boaz saw a relative closer to him than he said to Ruth.

Boaz called and seated the man.

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Boaz called the ten elders in the city to join him.

Boaz spoke to a closer relative of Ruth than he was.

“Now, when our brother Elimelech was alive, he had the land, and Now Naomi,

who returned from Moab, has the right to own the land.

The first person to buy the land and give it back to Naomi,

If you do not buy it, I'll buy it and give it back.”

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Upon hearing Boaz, a relative close to her said, “I will buy the land and give it back.”

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Boaz said again.

“The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite,

the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.”

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There is a Go'el system in Israel.

This system requires that some relatives lose their field and fall into hardship and

that other relatives pay their debts on their behalf.

Also, when a brother dies because he has no offspring,

it is a special law to marry a dead brother's wife and to keep their offspring.

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Then the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance.

Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”

This relative was afraid of his loss and conceded it to Boaz.

He took off his shoes as a sign to give up.

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Boaz spoke before the elders and everyone.

“You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged

to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.

Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon,

I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance,

that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers

 and from the gate of his native place.

You are witnesses this day.”

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Boaz took Ruth as his wife. Ruth was greatly loved by Boaz.

She was blessed to be able to bear the field and family because of Boaz.

Because of Boaz, Ruth is able to live a new life.

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God made Ruth pregnant and gave birth to a son. This son's name is Obed.

This Obed is the grandfather of King David.

Ruth became the great grandmother of King David.

Furthermore, Lot was blessed to be one of the women who named the genealogy of Jesus.

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There is much greater love than Boaz did to Ruth. It is the love Jesus gave for us.

Jesus died on the cross for our sins to welcome us as brides.

With that great love we became the bride of Jesus.

We will be more and more loving Him and living a life of glory to Him with a heart

that will pay back His grace.

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