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At this, the next-of-kin[a] said, “I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”

Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one took off a sandal and gave it to the other; this was the manner of attesting in Israel. So when the next-of-kin[b] said to Boaz, “Acquire it for yourself,” he took off his sandal.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:6 Or one with the right to redeem
  2. Ruth 4:8 Or one with the right to redeem

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