Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Deuteronomy 25:9

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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. Rut 4:7, Rut 4:8; Isa 20:2; Mar 1:7; Joh 1:27 spit: Num 12:14; Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; Mat 26:67, Mat 27:30; Mar 10:34 So shall: Gen 38:8-10; Rut 4:10, Rut 4:11; Sa1 2:30 Deuteronomy 25:11

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