(A)then his brother’s widow shall come up to him in the sight of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and (B)spit in his face; and she shall [a]declare, ‘This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house!’ 10 And in Israel [b]his family shall be called by the name, ‘The house of him whose sandal was removed.’

11 “If two men, a man and his countryman, have a fight [c]with each other, and the wife of one comes up to save her husband from the hand of the one who is hitting him, and she reaches out with her hand and grasps [d]that man’s genitals,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:9 Lit answer and say
  2. Deuteronomy 25:10 Lit his name shall be called
  3. Deuteronomy 25:11 Lit together
  4. Deuteronomy 25:11 Lit his

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