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6 The man replied, |In that case I cannot assume responsibility for her. If I did, I would ruin my inheritance. Take all my rights to buy back the property for yourself, because I cannot assume that responsibility.| 7 (This is the way it used to be in Israel concerning buying back property and exchanging goods: In order to make every matter legal, a man would take off his sandal and give it to the other man. This was the way a contract was publicly approved in Israel.) 8 So when the man said to Boaz, |Buy it for yourself,| he took off his sandal. Ruth 4:6-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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