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Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 7. Israel. Hebrew “and this was the testimony in Israel.” The ceremony here specified is very different from that which the law prescribed. Deuteronomy 25:7. But Josephus says, that they complied with all the regulations of the law, and that Ruth was present on this occasion. Calmet.—Perhaps the law was not executed in all its rigour, when another was found to marry the widow, ( Worthington.) and when no real brother was living. Tirinus.
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