See marginal references and notes. The Levirate law probably existed among the Moabites, and in Israel extended beyond the brother in the strict se…

It grieveth me much for your sakes. —A much more probable translation is, it is far more bitter for me than for you. An e…

What a difference there often is between two persons who are under religious impressions at the same time! The one would like to follow Jesus, but …

Would you tarry for them till they were grown ?
&c.] It is not to be thought that they would tarry till she was married and ha…

Naomi began to think of returning after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it should reform what is wrong there. Earth is m…