Matthew Poole and continuators on Ruth 1:4
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Ruth1:4
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab : the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years .
Either these were Proselytes when they Married them, which may well be doubted, from v. 15. or they sinned in marrying them, as appears from Deut. 7. 3. and 23. 3. Ezra 9. 1, 2. Nehem. 13. 23. and therefore were punished with short Life, and want of Issue, v. 5, 19, 21.
As long as the Famine lasted.
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