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So, as the man said to Boaz, “You buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal.

Then Boaz said to the witnesses and to the crowd standing around, “You have seen that today I have bought all the property of Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon, from Naomi, 10 and that with it I have purchased Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife, so that she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband.”

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So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.(A)

Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses(B) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(C) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(D) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.(E) Today you are witnesses!(F)

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