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.