Ruth 4:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸ So when the close relative said to Boaz, “You buy the land,” he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz.^[a]

⁹ Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon. ¹⁰ I also take Ruth to be my wife. Then the dead man’s property will continue to belong to his family. And he will always be remembered by his family and the people in his hometown. You are all witnesses of what I am doing today.”