Deuteronomy 25:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and declare, ‘This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’

Cross References

Job 30:10

They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

Isaiah 20:2

at that time the Lord had spoken to Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take your sandals off your feet,” and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.

Numbers 12:14

But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,

Matthew 27:30

They spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

Mark 1:7

He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.

Mark 10:34

they will mock him and spit upon him and flog him and kill him, and after three days he will rise again.”

John 1:27

the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal.”

Deuteronomy 25:10

Throughout Israel his family shall be known as ‘the house of him whose sandal was pulled off.’

Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, ‘I have no desire to marry her,’

Ruth 4:6

At this, the next-of-kin said, “I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.