Deu 25:9 | TNotes | STEP | 25:9 pull his sandal from his foot: Using footwear, which touched the ground, the brother-in-law showed that he relinquished any claim to his dead brother’s estate (Ruth 4:7 ). • spit in his face: This is an almost universal gesture of utter contempt (see Num 12:14 ).

bRuth 4:7►

cNum 12:14►

‏ Deuteronomy 25:9

25:9 ^a pull his sandal from his foot: Using footwear, which touched the ground, the brother-in-law showed that he relinquished any claim to his dead brother’s estate (Ruth 4:7 ^b).

• spit in his face: This is an almost universal gesture of utter contempt (see Num 12:14 ^c).