Ruth 4:7-8

(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.) So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it yourself." And he removed his sandal.

 

for the redemption and transfer of property to become final

Leviticus 25:23-24  " 'The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.' " 

one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel 

Deuteronomy 25:8-10  Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her," his brother's widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, "This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line." That man's line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.

Amos 2:6  This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals."

Amos 8:4-6  Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, saying "When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?" --skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

Ruth 4:8  So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it yourself." And he removed his sandal.

 

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