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... the Moabitess the wife of the dead to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance. And the close relative said I cannot redeem it for myself lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself for I cannot redeem it. Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging to confirm anything one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other and this was a confirmation in Israel. Therefore the close relative said to Boaz Buy it for yourself. So he took off his sandal. Ruth ...