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And he took ten men of the elders of the city ,
and said , "
Sit down here ";
so they sat down .
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Then he said to the next of kin , "
Na '
omi ,
who has come back from the country of Moab ,
is selling the parcel of land which belonged to our kinsman Elim '
elech .
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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 ,
that I may know ,
for there is no one besides you to redeem it ,
and I come after you ."
And he said , "
I will redeem it ."
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Then Bo '
az said , "
The day you buy the field from the hand of Na '
omi ,
you are also buying Ruth the Moabitess ,
the widow of the dead ,
in order to restore the name of the dead to his inheritance ."