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A Name of Public Disgrace
Commentators explain that the name 'The house of him that hath his shoe loosed' was a permanent mark of public disgrace. Albert Barnes notes this was equivalent to being called 'the house of the barefooted,' which symbolized an abject and lowly status in that culture. This shame extended not just to the man but to his entire family.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 25:5–10
18th Century
Theologian
The law of levirate marriage is not unique to the Jews; it is found in all essential respects the same among various Eastern nations, both ancient …
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 25:5–12
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 25:5–10. LEVIRATE MARRIAGES.
If brethren dwell together. — This law is ma…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 25:10
17th Century
Pastor
And his name shall be called in Israel
Not his particular and personal name, but his family; for it seems that not o…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 25:5–12
17th Century
Minister
The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.