Ruth 4:8

Good News Translation

So when the man said to Boaz, “You buy it,” he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:9

his brother's widow is to go up to him in the presence of the town leaders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face, and say, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to give his brother a descendant.’

Ruth 4:7

Now in those days, to settle a sale or an exchange of property, it was the custom for the seller to take off his sandal and give it to the buyer. In this way the Israelites showed that the matter was settled.

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there, “You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon.