 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...  The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes - Page 15by Joseph Sparkes Hall - 1847 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cunningham Geikie - Bible - 1888 - 582 pages
...shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed."» In Ruth's case, however, it would seem that the refractory kinsman drew off his own shoe, and handed... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - Literature - 1890 - 354 pages
...his compact, the offended party would loosen his shoe, spit in his face, "and," aá Holy Writ says, " his name shall be called in Israel, the house of him that hath his shoe loosed." To say a man's "in his boots" implies that he is very drunk. It comes from an old Welsh word, " boozi,"... | |
 | Cunningham Geikie - Bible - 1888 - 546 pages
...answer and say, "So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed."1 In lluth's case, however, it would seem that the refractory kinsman drew oft' his own shoe,... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - Rome - 1888 - 424 pages
...the woman took off the shoe of the kinsman who refused to marry her, whose name should be afterwards called in Israel " the house of him that hath his shoe loosed." In regard to the general subject, it may be said that we can discern in the primitive adoration of... | |
 | Henry Schaeffer - Ethnic groups - 1922 - 220 pages
...speak forth and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his sandal loosed. 'The primary object of the levirate was the perpetuation of the name and household of... | |
 | Paul Edward Kretzmann - Bible - 1923 - 820 pages
...man's shoe, thus publicly depriving him of his right to the property of his dead brother. V. 10. And 2 I I OXMYM xM O So the disgrace would rest upon the man, even in the nickname which he bore, for having neglected the... | |
 | Paul Edward Kretzmann - Bible - 1923 - 824 pages
...man's shoe, thus publicly depriving him of his right to the property of his dead brother. V. 10. And 1924 Concordia Publishing House"1 Kretzmann Paul Edward" Paul Edward )1 So the disgrace would rest upon the man, even in the nickname which he bore, for having neglected the... | |
 | Société Ernest Renan - Religion - 1925 - 1018 pages
...answer and say : So shall it be done unto that man, thai will nol build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel : The house of him that hath his shoe loosed ". The only condition stated in the text above is that the brothers dwell together, that is, on the... | |
 | Herbert Danby - Religion - 1933 - 886 pages
...to the end of the section, the rule was established to complete the section.4 [To say the words] And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed, was a duty that fell upon the judges and not upon the disciples. But R. Judah says : It was a duty... | |
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