Deuteronomy 25:10

Widowhood and Marriage · Deuteronomy 25:5–12

Modern

And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

Traditional

And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

Literal

And his name shall be called in Israel, “The house of the removed sandal.”

Latin

Et vocabitur nomen illius in Israël, Domus discalceati.

Hebrew

English

And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

his family name in Israel will be called: If a man refused to preserve his brother’s name, people would speak about his family with shame.

His household would be known in a negative way because he did not fulfill his duty.

Theme notes and profiles

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes