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7 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one took off a sandal and gave it to the other; this was the manner of attesting in Israel. 8 So when the next-of-kin said to Boaz, “Acquire it for yourself,” he took off his sandal. Ruth 4:7-8, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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