Ruth 4:7

God's Word

(This is the way it used to be in Israel concerning buying back property and exchanging goods: In order to make every matter legal, a man would take off his sandal and give it to the other man. This was the way a contract was publicly approved in Israel.)

Cross References

Ruth 4:8

So when the man said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he took off his sandal.