then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, (A)remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not (B)build up his brother’s house.’

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(A)Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

Therefore the close relative said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” So he took off his sandal.

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14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but (A)spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be (B)shut[a] out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.

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  1. Numbers 12:14 exiled

27 (A)It is He who, coming after me, [a]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

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  1. John 1:27 ranks higher than I

34 and they will mock Him, and [a]scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”

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  1. Mark 10:34 flog Him with a Roman scourge

And he preached, saying, (A)“There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

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30 Then (A)they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.

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67 (A)Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and (B)others struck Him with [a]the palms of their hands,

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  1. Matthew 26:67 Or rods,

(A)I gave My back to those who struck Me,
And (B)My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from shame and (C)spitting.

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at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove (A)the sackcloth from your [a]body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, (B)walking naked and barefoot.

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  1. Isaiah 20:2 Lit. loins

10 They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate (A)to spit in my face.

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10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance, (A)that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from [a]his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.”

11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. (B)The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who (C)built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in (D)Ephrathah and be famous in (E)Bethlehem.

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  1. Ruth 4:10 Probably his civic office

And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to (A)your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.” But Onan knew that the heir would not be (B)his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did [a]displeased the Lord; therefore He killed (C)him also.

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  1. Genesis 38:10 Lit. was evil in the eyes of

30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: (A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: (B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and (C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

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