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6 The kinsman aunswered: I can not redeeme it, for marring of myne owne inheritaunce: redeeme thou my right to thee, for I cannot redeeme it. 7 Nowe this was the maner of olde time in Israel concerning redeeming & chaunging, for to stablishe al thing: that a man must plucke of his shoe, & geue it his neyghbour: And this was a sure witnesse in Israel. 8 Therfore the kinsman sayde to Booz, Bye it thou: and so drue of his shoe. Ruth 4:6-8, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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