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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.
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- Ruth 4:5 Vulg; MT On the day that you buy the field from Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite
Ruth 4:5-7
New International Version
Ruth 4:5-7
New International Version
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite,(A) the[a] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”(B)
6 At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem(C) it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”(D)
7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption(E) and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal(F) and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions(G) in Israel.)(H)
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- Ruth 4:5 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew (see also Septuagint) Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, you acquire the
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