Ruth 4:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ So when the man said to Boaz, “You buy it,” he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz.^{[a] 9} Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there, “You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon. ^10 (A)In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man's family, and his family line will continue among his people and in his hometown. You are witnesses to this today.”