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Ruth 4:20
Ruth 4:20
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his house, and she became his wife (v. 13), all the city, no doubt,
congratulating the preferment of a virtuous woman, purely for her…Ruth 4:13-22Ruth 4:13-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryLittle Obed.
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