Ruth 4:3 Bible Verse Meaning, Explanation & Context

Ruth 4:1

Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, "Come over here, friend, and sit down!" He came over, and sat down.

Ruth 4:2

Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here," and they sat down.

Ruth 4:4

I thought I should tell you, saying, "Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people." If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you."

Ruth 4:5

Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance."