Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. Ruth 1:1 NASB Judges – Today is Brutus day, the day Julius Caesar was assassinated, March 15, the Ides of March. That is Roman history. So what does it have to do with the Bible? In…
In the days when the chieftains ruled, there was a famine in the land; and a man of Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the country of Moab. Ruth 1:1 JPS To reside – You were never intended to leave forever. That’s the idea behind lagur, “to reside…
In the days when the chieftains ruled, there was a famine in the land; and a man of Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the country of Moab. Ruth 1:1 JPS Ruth Commentary Famine – Elimelech leaves Bethlehem in order to find food for his family. The very…
