Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shoe.

And Boaz said unto the Elders and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.

10 And moreover, Ruth the Moabitess the wife of Mahlon, have I bought to be my wife, to stir up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his [a]place: ye are witnesses this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:10 Or, of the city where he remained.

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