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Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”
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Verse 20. Dead. He hath not forgotten Elimelech, his friend, for whose sake he treats his daughter-in-law with kindness. Bible.—Kinsman. Hebrew adds, “one of our redeemers, ( Calmet.) or next kinsmen.” Bible.—To such the right of avenging the slain, of marrying the widow of the deceased, and entering upon his property, belonged. The best interpreters suppose that Booz was the nephew of Elimelech. Calmet. Leviticus 25:25. Deuteronomy 25:5. Menochius.
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