Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, "Sit here," and they did so.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:8Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
Treasury of Scripture
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. And they sat down.
the elders
Exodus 18:21,22
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: …
Exodus 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Deuteronomy 29:10
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
