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Rth 4:9 — And Boaz said unto the elders, and [unto] all the people, Ye [are] witnesses this day, that I have bought all that [was] Elimelech's, and all that [was] Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Ye are witnesses		Gen 23:16-18; Jer 32:10-12

Correlating Passages

Ye are witnesses

	Gen 23:16	And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.
	Gen 23:17	And the field of Ephron, which [was] in Machpelah, which [was] before Mamre, the field, and the cave which [was] therein, and all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the borders round about, were made sure
	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.

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