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Ruth 3:9

“Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

Ruth 3:9 BSB
  1. a Or Spread your wing; the word for wing can also mean corner of a garment; see Ruth 2:12.
  2. b The Hebrew word for kinsman-redeemer or guardian-redeemer is a legal term for the kinsman who redeems or vindicates a relative; similarly in verses 12 and 13; see Leviticus 25:25–55.

Ruth 3:9 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 16:8 (18 votes) and Ruth 2:20 (9 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Leviticus 25 to Luke 14.

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Which verses does Ruth 3:9 point to?

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  1. Ezekiel 16:818 votes

    Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.

  2. Ruth 2:209 votes

    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”

  3. Ruth 3:127 votes

    Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.

  4. Ruth 2:10–135 votes

    At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?” Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before. …

  5. Luke 14:114 votes

    For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  6. 1 Samuel 25:413 votes

    She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

Which verses point to Ruth 3:9?

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