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Ruth 4:2
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Ruth 4:2
2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
2And hee tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and said, Sit ye downe here. And they sate downe.
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Ruth 4:2
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In this place, at this point, or in the present circumstance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Rested or was placed in a seated position.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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Open the full verse study8So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
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Open the full verse study12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
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Open the full verse study8If 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.
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Open the full verse study14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
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Open the full verse study10¶ 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,
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Open the full verse study28¶ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
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Open the full verse study21Moreover 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:
22And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
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