⁷ Now this was ^(A)the custom in former times in Israel concerning the redemption and the exchange of land to confirm any matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to another; and this was the way of confirmation in Israel. ⁸ So the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” And he removed his sandal. ⁹ Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. ¹⁰ Furthermore, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so ^(B)that the name of the deceased will not be eliminated from his brothers or from the ^[a]court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.” ¹¹ And all the people who were ^[b]in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home ^(C)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve ^[c]wealth in Ephrathah and ^[d]become famous in Bethlehem. ¹² Moreover, may your house be like the house of ^(D)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the ^[e]descendants whom the Lord will give you by this young woman.”