Ruth 4:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So when the next-of-kin said to Boaz, “Acquire it for yourself,” he took off his sandal.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and declare, ‘This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’

Ruth 4:7

Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging to confirm a transaction: the one took off a sandal and gave it to the other; this was the manner of attesting in Israel.

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon.