Ruth 4:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶ At this, the next-of-kin^[a] said, “I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”

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^[b] said to Boaz, “Acquire it for yourself,” he took off his sandal.