Deuteronomy 25:9 (KJV)

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Then shall his other’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 shall answer and say So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his other’s house

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loose his shoe.Pulling off the shoe seems to express his being degraded to the situation of slaves, who generally went barefoot; and spitting in or rather before, (biphney) his face, was a mark of the utmost ignominy. Ru 4:7 Ru 4:8 Isa 20:2 Mr 1:7 Joh 1:27

spit. Nu 12:14 Job 30:10 Isa 50:6 Mt 26:67 Mt 27:30 Mr 10:34

So shall. Ge 38:8-10 Ru 4:10 Ru 4:11 1Sa 2:30

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