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At the gate the near kinsman says he can’t redeem it, and takes off his sandal

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Ruth 4:1–8: Boaz goes up to the gate and sits down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke comes by. Boaz says to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” The near kinsman comes over and sits down. Boaz takes ten men of the elders of the city and says, “Sit down here,” and they sit down. Boaz says to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s. I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” The near kinsman says, “I will redeem it.” Then Boaz says, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.” The near kinsman says, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.” The text adds, “Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.” So the near kinsman says to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he takes off his sandal. At 4:3 the Korean Revised Version says that Naomi holds the land that was Elimelech’s, where the WEB says she is selling it.

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RUT 4:1–8, engwebp
¹Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.
²Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
³He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.
⁴I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”
⁵Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”
⁶The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”
⁷Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.
⁸So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.
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Evidence: Ruth 4:1–8

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Entry: At the gate the near kinsman says he can’t redeem it, and takes off his sandal (event-rut-4-the-near-kinsman-takes-off-his-sandal)
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Current wording: Ruth 4:1–8: Boaz goes up to the gate and sits down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke comes by. Boaz says to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” The near kinsman comes over and sits down. Boaz takes ten men of the elders of the city and says, “Sit down here,” and they sit down. Boaz says to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s. I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” The near kinsman says, “I will redeem it.” Then Boaz says, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.” The near kinsman says, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.” The text adds, “Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.” So the near kinsman says to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he takes off his sandal. At 4:3 the Korean Revised Version says that Naomi holds the land that was Elimelech’s, where the WEB says she is selling it.
Cited evidence: RUT 4:1–8, engwebp
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