Ruth 4:7-8

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7 H6440 Now this was the custom in former time H3478 in Israel H1353 concerning redeeming H8545 and concerning exchanging, H6965 to confirm H1697 all things: H376 a man H8025 drew off H5275 his shoe, H5414 and gave H7453 it to his neighbor; H8584 and this was the manner of attestation H3478 in Israel.

8 H1350 So the near kinsman H559 said H1162 unto Boaz, H7069 Buy H8025 it for thyself. And he drew off H5275 his shoe.

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a man plucked off.This custom does not refer to the law about refusing to marry a brother's widow, but was usual in the transfer of inheritances: for this relative was not a brother, but simply a kinsman; and the shoe was not pulled off by Ruth, but by the kinsman himself. The Targumist, instead of his shoe, renders "his right hand glove," it probably being the custom, in his time, to give that instead of a shoe. Jarchi says, "When we purchase any thing new, it is customary to give, instead of a shoe, a handkerchief or veil."
Deuteronomy 25:7-10