Rut 4:11, Pro 31:23, Amo 5:10, 12 | JFB | STEP | 11. all the people and the elders, said, We are witnesses —A multitude, doubtless from curiosity or interest, were present on the occasion. There was no signing of deeds; yet was the transfer made, and complete security given, by the public manner in which the whole matter was carried on and concluded. the Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah

Ruth 4:11

11. all the people and the elders, said, We are witnesses—A multitude, doubtless from curiosity or interest, were present on the occasion. There was no signing of deeds; yet was the transfer made, and complete security given, by the public manner in which the whole matter was carried on and concluded.

the Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah—This was the usual bridal benediction.

Proverbs 31:23

23. in the gates—(compare Pr 22:22). His domestic comfort promotes his advancement in public dignity.

Amos 5:10

10. him that rebuketh in the gate—the judge who condemns their iniquity in the place of judgment (Isa 29:21).

abhor him that speaketh uprightly—the prophet telling them the unwelcome truth: answering in the parallelism to the judge, "that rebuketh in the gate" (compare 1Ki 22:8; Pr 9:8; 12:1; Jer 36:23).

Amos 5:12

12. they afflict . . . they take—rather, "(ye) who afflict . . . take."

bribe—literally, a price with which one who has an unjust cause ransoms himself from your sentence (1Sa 12:3, Margin; Pr 6:35).

turn aside the poor in the gate—refuse them their right in the place of justice (Am 2:7; Isa 29:21).