⁷ Now this was ^(A)the custom in former times in Israel concerning the right of redemption and the exchange of land to establish any matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to another; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel. ⁸ So the kinsman redeemer said to Boaz, “Acquire this 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 acquired all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi. ¹⁰ And also, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the one who had died, on behalf of his inheritance, so ^(B)that the name of the one who had died will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birth place; you are witnesses today.” ¹¹ And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into your home to be ^(C)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel, and so you shall ^[a]achieve ^[b]excellence in Ephrathah and shall ^[c]proclaim your name in Bethlehem. ¹² Moreover, may your house be like the house of ^(D)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the seed which Yahweh will grant you by this young woman.”