¹⁰ I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,^(A) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,^(B) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.^(C) Today you are witnesses!^(D)”

²¹ Now swear^(A) to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.^(B)”