Ruth 1:4
“And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And they took them wives of the women of Moab,.... Not before they were proselyted to the Jewish religion, as Aben Ezra…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Marriages of Israelites with women of Ammon or Moab are nowhere in the Law expressly forbidden, as were marriages with…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And they took them wives - The Targum very properly observes, that they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ruth 1:1-5
The first words give all the date we have of this story. It was in the days when the judges ruled (Rut 1:1), not in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
took them wives The idiom is a late one, 2Ch 11:21; Ezr 9:2; Ezr 9:12; Neh 13:25 etc.; see Introd. p. xv. It is…
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