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" I like not to take her; 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... "
Oriental Customs: Or, an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an ... - Page 295
by Samuel Burder - 1804 - 431 pages
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The story of Ruth

Ashton Oxenden (bp. of Montreal.) - Bible - 1862 - 158 pages
...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. And his name...Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed." There is a plain reason why this rule was ordained by God. The Jews were a peculiar and distinct people...
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The Biblical treasury, Volumes 1-2

1870
...hand, throws it on the ground, spits before him, and says, " So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house, and his name...Israel, ' The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.' " The persons present then exclaim three times, " His shoe is loosed." The woman then receives a certificate...
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The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined, Volume 3

John William Colenso - Bible - 1863 - 342 pages
...ftis foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto th^it man, that will not build up his brother's house. And his name...Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.' The two ' symbolic actions,' therefore, are entirely different iu their object and nature. ' ' 756....
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Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 61

Bible - 1904 - 846 pages
...shoe from his foot, and spit in his face , and shall answer and say, So shall it be unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name...Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed " (Deut. xxv. 5-10). The reference of Christ to this custom is found in the wellknown interview between...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 218

Early English newspapers - 1865 - 1006 pages
...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. And his name...Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed." Loosing the shoe from off the foot was also a mark of respect paid to sacred persons and places. Thus...
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The Christian miscellany, and family visiter, Volume 13

1865 - 786 pages
...the shoe' of the man who refused to marry hie brother's widow, is provided for in Deut xxv. 7 — 10; 'And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his ehoe loosed.' There is an Arabian proverb, which probably owes its origin to Moses' a law on this subject....
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 218

English essays - 1865 - 862 pages
...So shall it be done unto that man that will nut build up his brother's house. And his name shall he called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed." Loosing the shoe from off the foot was also a mark of respect paid to sacred persons and places. Thus...
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A historical ... dictionary of the holy Bible

John Brown - 1866 - 602 pages
...off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto tlmt man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name...Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed' (Deut. xxv. 7-10). From the example of Boaz and Ruth it appears that if the near kinsmen declined the...
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Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped ..., Volume 1

James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 506 pages
...shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. u When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her...
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Ruth

Aubrey Charles Price - 1869 - 186 pages
...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. And his name...Israel, the house of him that hath his shoe loosed." It would seern that this custom had been in some measure altered at the period to which the history...
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