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See Deuteronomy ch.25. When a Levirate divorce is performed, part of the ceremony is that the woman removes the man's shoe.

A Levirate divorce is the ceremony releasing the woman from the need to enter a Levirate marriage.

A Levirate marriage is a traditional practice by which a woman would marry her brother-in-law if her husband had died without having had children.

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See Deuteronomy ch.25. When a Levirate divorce is performed, part of the ceremony is that the woman removes the man's shoe.

A Levirate divorce is the ceremony releasing the woman from the need to enter a Levirate marriage.

A Levirate marriage is a traditional practice by which a woman would marry her brother-in-law if her husband had died without having had children.

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Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obligated to marry his brother's widow, and the widow is obligated to marry her deceased husband's brother

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Why would that matter? Multiple wives were not a problem for them.

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These letters can be unscrambled to spell two words.

They are levirate and relative.

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Ruth chapter 4 was written to conclude the story of Ruth and Boaz by showing how their marriage fulfilled the biblical law of levirate marriage, redeeming both Ruth and Naomi from their difficult circumstances and continuing the family line of Elimelech. The chapter also highlights God's faithfulness in providing for His people and demonstrates themes of redemption and restoration.

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