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Ruth 4:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ruth 4:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
6 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.”
7 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. 8 So when the next-of-kin[b] said to Boaz, “Acquire it for yourself,” he took off his sandal.
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