Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house: Ruth 4:7,8 Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe and gave it to his neighbour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel. . . . Isaiah 20:2 At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah the son of Amos, saying Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot. Mark 1:7 And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. John 1:27 The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. spit Numbers 12:14 And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall be called again. Job 30:10 They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face. Isaiah 50:6 I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me. Matthew 26:67 Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him. And others struck his face with the palms of their hands, Matthew 27:30 And spitting upon him, they took the reed and struck his head. Mark 10:34 And they shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. So shall Genesis 38:8-10 Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother. . . . Ruth 4:10,11 And have taken to wife Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing. . . . 1 Samuel 2:30 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised. Context Widowhood and Marriage…8And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife: 9The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house:10And his name shall be called in Israel, the house of the unshod.… Cross References Numbers 12:14 And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall be called again. Deuteronomy 25:8 And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife: Deuteronomy 25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, the house of the unshod. Ruth 4:7 Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe and gave it to his neighbour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel. Ruth 4:8 So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot. Job 30:10 They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face. Lexicon his brother’s widowיְבִמְתּ֣וֹ (yə·ḇim·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2994: A sister-in-law shall go up וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה (wə·nig·gə·šāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5066: To draw near, approach to him אֵלָיו֮ (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to in the presence לְעֵינֵ֣י (lə·‘ê·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain of the elders, הַזְּקֵנִים֒ (haz·zə·qê·nîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old remove וְחָלְצָ֤ה (wə·ḥā·lə·ṣāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2502: To pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen his sandal, נַעֲלוֹ֙ (na·‘ă·lōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5275: A sandal tongue, a sandal, slipper spit וְיָרְקָ֖ה (wə·yā·rə·qāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3417: To spit in his face, בְּפָנָ֑יו (bə·p̄ā·nāw) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face and declare, וְאָ֣מְרָ֔ה (wə·’ā·mə·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “This is what כָּ֚כָה (kā·ḵāh) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3602: Just so is done יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה (yê·‘ā·śeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make to the man לָאִ֔ישׁ (lā·’îš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that will not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no maintain יִבְנֶ֖ה (yiḇ·neh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build his brother’s אָחִֽיו (’ā·ḥîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, ) line.” בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house Additional Translations his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”Then shall his brother's wife come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done to that man that will not build up his brother's house. then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house. then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel. then shall his brother's wife come near to him before the eyes of the elders, and draw his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that will not build up his brother's house. then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house. Then shall his brother's wife come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done to that man that will not build up his brother's house. then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, "So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house." 'Then hath his brother's wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother; Jump to Previous Brother's Build Declare Draw Elders House Loose Nigh Presence Pull Sandal Shoe Sight Spit WifeJump to Next Brother's Build Declare Draw Elders House Loose Nigh Presence Pull Sandal Shoe Sight Spit WifeExternal Links Deuteronomy 25:9 NIVDeuteronomy 25:9 NLT Deuteronomy 25:9 ESV Deuteronomy 25:9 NASB Deuteronomy 25:9 ASV Deuteronomy 25:9 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 25:9 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 25:9 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 25:9 French Bible Deuteronomy 25:9 German Bible Alphabetical: and brother's build come declare does done elders face family foot go him his house' in is it line man not of off one presence pull sandal sandals say shall she sight spit take the then This Thus to up what who widow wife will OT Law: Deuteronomy 25:9 Then his brother's wife shall come (Deut. 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