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Ruth 4:7-8
New English Translation
Ruth 4:7-8
New English Translation
7 (Now this used to be the customary way to finalize a transaction involving redemption in Israel:[a] A man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party.[b] This was a legally binding act[c] in Israel.) 8 So the guardian said to Boaz, “You may acquire it,” and he removed his sandal.[d]
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- Ruth 4:7 tn Heb “and this formerly in Israel concerning redemption and concerning a transfer to ratify every matter.”
- Ruth 4:7 tn Heb “a man removed his sandal and gave [it] to his companion”; NASB “gave it to another”; NIV, NRSV, CEV “to the other.”
- Ruth 4:7 tn Heb “the legal witness”; KJV “a testimony”; ASV, NASB “the manner (form NAB) of attestation.”
- Ruth 4:8 tc The LXX adds “and gave it to him” (cf. TEV, CEV), which presupposes the reading ויתן לו. This seems to be a clarifying addition (see v. 7), but it is possible the scribe’s eye jumped from the final ו (vav) on נַעֲלוֹ (naʿalo, “his sandal”) to the final ו (vav) on לוֹ (lo, “to him”), accidentally omitting the intervening letters.
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