Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 4:2

COM commentary-section · status:draft · license:PD

2. he took ten men of the elders of the city —as witnesses. In ordinary circumstances, two or three were sufficient to attest a bargain; but in cases of importance, such as matrimony, divorce, conveyancing of property, it was the Jewish practice to have ten ( 1 Kings 21:8 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-rut-4-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/rut-4-2

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological