Ruth 4:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

Yet it was the custom between kinsmen in this former time in Israel, that if at anytime one yielded his right to another, so as to confirm his permission, the man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor. This was a testimony of concession in Israel.

Cross References

Ruth 4:8

And so Boaz said to his kinsman, "Take off your shoe." And immediately he released it from his foot.