Verse 9
Deuteronomy 25:9
GOD'S WORD Translation
9
then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣/וֹ אֵלָי/ו֮ לְ/עֵינֵ֣י הַ/זְּקֵנִים֒ וְ/חָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲל/וֹ֙ מֵ/עַ֣ל רַגְל֔/וֹ וְ/יָרְקָ֖ה בְּ/פָנָ֑י/ו וְ/עָֽנְתָה֙ וְ/אָ֣מְרָ֔ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָ/אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽי/ו
English Translation
And his sister-in-law shall approach me before the elders, and she shall remove her sandal from his foot and spit in my face and say, "Thus shall be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house."
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