Ruth 4:1-3

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth

4 And Bo′az went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the next of kin, of whom Bo′az had spoken, came by. So Bo′az said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here”; and he turned aside and sat down. ² And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here”; so they sat down. ³ Then he said to the next of kin, “Na′omi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land which belonged to our kinsman Elim′elech.