Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 25:7
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:19 - and bring Ruth 4:1 - to the gate Ruth 4:7 - a man plucked off read more
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Samuel Bagster
Samuel Bagster
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 25:8
I like not: Ruth 4:6 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:21 - a mighty God read more
Samuel Bagster
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 25:9
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. Ruth 4:7, Ruth 4:8, Isaiah 20:2, Mark 1:7, John 1:27 spit: Numbers 12:14, Job 30:10, Isaiah 50:6, Matthew 26:67, Matthew 27:30, Mark 10:34 So shall: Genesis 38:8-2 Samuel :, Ruth 4:10, Ruth 4:11, 1 Samuel 2:30 read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 25:9
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 shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.Loose his shoe — As a sign of his resignation of all his right to the woman, and to her husband's inheritance: for as the shoe was a sign of one's power and right, Psalm 60:8; 108:9, so the parting with the shoe was a token of the alienation of such right; and... read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 25:10
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.His name — That is, his person, and his posterity also. So it was a lasting blot. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:7
7. If the man like not If the brother-in-law was unwilling to marry the widow of his deceased brother, then she was to bring the matter before the elders for their adjudication. For an illustration see the case of Boaz and Ruth, Ruth chapters 4 and 5. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:9
9. Loose his shoe from off his foot Loosing the shoe and handing it to another denoted the transfer of a right. It arose from the custom of a person’s standing upon a piece of land he had bought when he took formal possession of it. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:10
10. The house of him that hath his shoe loosed That is, the house of the barefooted. The appellation denotes degradation. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:9
Deu 25:9 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 shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house. Ver. 9. And loose his shoe. ] To show that he was worthy to go barefoot, and had no right howsoever to tread upon that ground, as any part of his estate. See Ruth 4:7 . The Turks have a ceremony somewhat like this; a the woman may sue a divorce,... read more