Holy Scripture

Deuteronomy 25:8

Source: Septuagint

Original

8And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her:

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6And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.

7And if the man should not be willing to take his brother’s wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband’s brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband’s brother has refused.

— Deuteronomy 25:8 —

9then his brother’s wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother’s house in Israel.

10And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has had his shoe loosed.

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