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NASB | Ruth 4:5 Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ruth 4:5 Then Boaz said, "The day that you buy the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, to restore the name of the deceased to his inheritance." |
Subject: Were woman bought and sold? |
Bible Note: Roger, The association and/or inference that I draw here is virtually identical to your question, albeit on a much grander scale. Indeed, women were treated as the property of men, in the times of ancient Israel, much like land property. Such traditions may even have extended to women in the early New Testament Church. So here is the grander question, within the context of this verse (Ruth 4:5): Does (or should) the culturally biblical treatment of women extend into our modern day and age? Were ancient Israel and the early Church inherently inspired by God to treat women as they did (buying and selling women as property, etc.)? And if so, then to what degree? Or if not, then to what degree do we today still enforce the old ways in smaller degrees? RS |