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# Now this was the custom
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The writer of the book explains of the custom of exchange during the time of Ruth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# in former times
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"in earlier times." This implies that the customs had changed from when the story took place until the book was written. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# his neighbor
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This refers to the person with whom he was making the agreement. In this situation the near kinsman gave Boaz his shoe.
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