¹⁶ David^(A) told the leaders of the Levites^(B) to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians^(C) to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.^(D)

⁵ Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite,^(A) the^[a] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”^(B)

¹⁰ I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,^(A) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,^(B) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.^(C) Today you are witnesses!^(D)”

¹¹ The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,^(A) where there is gold.

¹³ The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.^[a]

¹⁴ The name of the third river is the Tigris;^(A) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.^(B)

²⁶ Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.^(A)

At that time people began to call on^[a] the name of the Lord.^(B)