Ruth 4:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷ Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, one party 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^[a] said to Boaz, ‘Acquire it for yourself’, he took off his sandal. ⁹ Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, ‘Today you are witnesses that I have acquired from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon.