Deuteronomy 25:9
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. Rth 4:7, Rth 4:8, Isa 20:2, Mar 1:7, Joh 1:27 spit: Num 12:14, Job 30:10, Isa 50:6, Mat 26:67, Mat 27:30, Mar 10:34 So shall: Gen 38:8-10, Rth 4:10, Rth 4:11, 1Sa 2:30