Ruth 4:8
“Therfore the kinseman said vnto Boaz, Buy it for thee: so he drew off his shooe.”
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Ruth 4:8 Context
6¶ And the kinseman said, I cannot redeeme it for my selfe, lest I marre mine owne inheritance: redeeme thou my right to thy selfe, for I cannot redeeme it. 7Now this was the maner in former time in Israel, concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirme all things: a man plucked off his shooe, and gaue it to his neighbour: and this was a testimonie in Israel. 8Therfore the kinseman said vnto Boaz, Buy it for thee: so he drew off his shooe. 9¶ And Boaz saide vnto the Elders, and vnto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions, and Mahlons, of the hande of Naomi. 10Moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse, the wife of Mahlon, haue I purchased to be my wife, to raise vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
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Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy [it] for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
- King James Version
So the closest relative said to Boaz, "Buy {it} for yourself. And he removed his sandal."
- New American Standard Version (1995)