Deut 25:9

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loose his shoe.

Pulling off the shoe seems to express his being degraded to the situation of slaves, who generally went barefoot; and spitting in or rather before, (biphney) his face, was a mark of the utmost ignominy.

Ruth 4:7; Ruth 4:8; Isa 20:2; Mark 1:7; John 1:27

spit.

Num 12:14; Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; Matt 26:67; Matt 27:30; Mark 10:34

So shall.

Gen 38:8-10; Ruth 4:10; Ruth 4:11; 1Sam 2:30