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Deuteronomy 25:7-10

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7 And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall 1go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.'
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, 2'I do not wish to take her,'
9 then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and 3pull his sandal off his foot and 4spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who does not 5build up his brother's house.'
10 And the name of his house[a] shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.'
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Deuteronomy 25:7-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 25

Several laws are contained in this chapter, as concerning beating such whose crimes required it, De 25:1-3; of not muzzling the ox in treading out the corn, De 25:4; of marrying a deceased brother's wife, when there was no issue, and of the disgrace of such that refused it, De 25:5-10; of the punishment of an immodest woman, De 25:11,12; and against bad weights and measures, De 25:13-16; and for the utter destruction of Amalek, De 25:17-19.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

  • 1. [Ruth 4:1, 2]
  • 2. [Ruth 4:6]
  • 3. [Ruth 4:7]
  • 4. [Numbers 12:14; Job 30:10; Isaiah 50:6]
  • 5. Ruth 4:11

Footnotes 1

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.