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Rth 4:4 — And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy [it] before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem [it], redeem [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem [it, then] tell me, that I may know: for [there is] none to redeem [it] beside thee; and I [am] after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I thought		Heb. I said I will reveal in thine ear.
Buy it		Jer 32:7-9,25; Rom 12:17; 2Cr 8:21; Phl 4:8
before the inhabitants		Gen 23:18; Jer 32:10-12
for there is none		Lev 25:25-29

Correlating Passages

Buy it

	Jer 32:7	Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right of redemption [is] thine to buy [it].
	Jer 32:8	So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this [was] the word of the LORD.
	Jer 32:9	And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver.
	Jer 32:25	And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
	Rom 12:17	Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
	2Cr 8:21	Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
	Phl 4:8	Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.

before the inhabitants

	Gen 23:18	Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
	Jer 32:10	And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.
	Jer 32:11	So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:
	Jer 32:12	And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

for there is none

	Lev 25:25	If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away [some] of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
	Lev 25:26	And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
	Lev 25:27	Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
	Lev 25:28	But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
	Lev 25:29	And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; [within] a full year may he redeem it.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ruth 4:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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