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Ruth 4:6-8
International Children’s Bible
Ruth 4:6-8
International Children’s Bible
6 The close relative answered, “Then I can’t buy back the land. If I did, I might lose what I can pass on to my own sons. I cannot buy the land back. So you buy it yourself.”
7 Long ago in Israel when people traded or bought back something, one person took off his sandal and gave it to the other person. This was their proof of purchase.
8 So the close relative said, “Buy the land yourself.” And then he took off his sandal.
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