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Ruth 4:6-8
International Standard Version
Ruth 4:6-8
International Standard Version
6 At this, the nearer related redeemer replied, “Then I am unable to act as related redeemer, because that would complicate my own inheritance. You act instead as the related redeemer, because I cannot do so.”[a]
7 During Israel’s earlier history,[b] all things concerning redeeming or changing inheritances were confirmed by a man taking off his sandal and giving it to the other party,[c] thereby creating a public[d] record in Israel. 8 So when the nearer related redeemer told Boaz, “Make the purchase yourself,” he then took off his sandal.
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