Ruth 4:1-10

When Naomi’s husband, Elimelech, departed from Bethlehem to go to Moab, he sold his land. In Israel of that day land sales were temporary, somewhat like property leases of today. Unlike leases of today, all temporary sales of land expired on the same date without regard of the date of purchase. That date was prescribed by the law of Moses to fall in the fiftieth year, the year of jubilee, with the first…