Font Size
Ruth 4:5-7
Common English Bible
Ruth 4:5-7
Common English Bible
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day when you buy the field from Naomi, you also buy[a] Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the dead man, in order to preserve the dead man’s name for his inheritance.”
6 But the redeemer replied, “Then I can’t redeem it for myself, without risking damage to my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself. You can have my right of redemption, because I’m unable to act as redeemer.”
7 In Israel, in former times, this was the practice regarding redemption and exchange to confirm any such matter: a man would take off his sandal and give it to the other person. This was the process of making a transaction binding in Israel.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ruth 4:5 Vulg; MT On the day that you buy the field from Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite
Common English Bible (CEB)
Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
Bible Gateway Recommends
CEB Deep Blue Kids Bible--soft leather-look, lighthouse green
Retail: $35.99
Our Price: $25.99
Save: $10.00 (28%)