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Exodus 22:16And when a man doth entice a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;Exodus 22:17if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.Ruth 4:3And he saith to the redeemer, ‘A portion of the field which is to our brother, to Elimelech, hath Naomi sold, who hath come back from the fields of Moab;Ruth 4:4and I said, I uncover thine ear, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people; if thou dost redeem—redeem, and if none doth redeem—declare to me, and I know, for there is none save thee to redeem, and I after thee.’ And he saith, I redeem it.’Ruth 4:5And Boaz saith, ‘In the day of thy buying the field from the hand of Naomi, then from Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, thou hast bought it, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance.’Ruth 4:6And the redeemer saith, ‘I am not able to redeem it for myself, lest I destroy mine inheritance; redeem for thyself—thou—my right of redemption, for I am not able to redeem.’Ruth 4:7And this is formerly in Israel for redemption and for changing, to establish anything: a man hath drawn off his sandal, and given it to his neighbour, and this is the testimony in Israel.Ruth 4:8And the redeemer saith to Boaz, ‘Buy it for thyself,’ and draweth off his sandal.Ruth 4:9And Boaz saith to the elders, and to all the people, ‘Witnesses are ye to-day that I have bought all that is to Elimelech, and all that is to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi;