1
No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin, a of whom Boaz had spoken, came passing by. So Boaz said, "Come over, friend; sit down here." And he went over and sat down.
2
Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here"; so they sat down.
3
He then said to the next-of-kin, b "Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our kinsman Elimelech.
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So I thought I would tell you of it, and say: Buy it in the presence of those sitting here, and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not, tell me, so that I may know; for there is no one prior to you to redeem it, and I come after you." So he said, "I will redeem it."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
