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Obed

Peter J. Leithart
December 10, 2007
Category: Bible - OT - Ruth

Ruth not only points ahead to the union of Jews and Gentiles, but records it. Ruth the Moabitess marries Boaz the Jew – a marital union of Jew and Moabite, and Obed incorporates Jew and Gentile in his own body. Obed, whose name means “servant,” is a type of the coming Servant of Yahweh.

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