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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 25:5-10

Ver. 5-10. If brethren dwell together, &c.— The great end of this law was, to preserve inheritances in the families to which they belonged: and the meaning plainly is, that, if a brother died without children, the next unmarried relation, whether brother or kinsman, was to marry the wife of the deceased, and raise up children to him. This appears evidently from the case put to our Saviour, as well as from the affair of Ruth and Boaz. A lenient provision, however, is made for such relations... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 25:5-10

Selfishness in levirate marriage 25:5-10The purpose of the levirate marriage ordinance was to enable a man who died before fathering an heir to obtain one and so perpetuate his name and estate. "Levirate" comes from the Latin word levir meaning husband’s brother."The practice was common in the patriarchal period [cf. Genesis 38:1-10]. . . . Presumably the prohibition of sexual union with a brother’s wife in Leviticus 18:16; Leviticus 20:21 refers to such an act while the brother is still... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 25:5-19

10. Laws arising from the tenth commandment 25:5-19The tenth commandment is, "You shall not covet . . . anything that belongs to your neighbor" (Deuteronomy 5:21). The four laws in this section all deal with desire or intention as opposed to deed. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:1-19

Ordinances regarding the Infliction of Stripes, the Baising of Seed to a Brother, Modesty, and Fair Dealing3. And not exceed] In order to keep within the limit it was usual to inflict thirty-nine stripes: see 2 Corinthians 11:24. The milder beating was with a rod. A severer form of this punishment was scourging, inflicted with a whip of thongs into which pieces of iron were inserted. In the time of our Lord beating was inflicted in the synagogue upon ecclesiastical offenders: see on Matthew... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 25:5-12

Deuteronomy 25:5-10. LEVIRATE MARRIAGES.(5) If brethren dwell together.—This law is made the subject of a whole treatise in the Talmud, called Yebâmôth. The object of the law was held to be attained if the family of the dead man was perpetuated, and did not become extinct. And therefore the marriage specified was not necessarily between the brother and the brother’s wife, but might be between other representatives of the two persons in question. (See Ruth 4:0)The law is older than Moses. We... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:1-10

LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE)IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequate as expressions of the highest life, they yet contained the living germs of all that has followed. But we cannot suppose that the reality of Israelite life from the first corresponded with them. They contained much that only the experience and teaching of ages could fully bring to light; therefore we... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 25:1-19

21. Various Laws and Responsibilities CHAPTER 25 1. Corporal punishment (Deuteronomy 25:1-3 ) 2. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox (Deuteronomy 25:4 ) 3. The brother-in-law’s marriage (Deuteronomy 25:5-10 ) 4. Concerning a sinful freedom (Deuteronomy 25:11-12 ) 5. Concerning divers weights and measures (Deuteronomy 25:13-16 ) 6. Concerning the conquest of Amalek (Deuteronomy 25:17-19 ) Corporal punishment is mentioned in the first paragraph of this chapter. But this also was tempered... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:1-19

JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY (vs.1-3) In the law courts the judges must mete out proper justice, yet not to exceed the limits of justice. If one was guilty of serious crime, it was right to have him beaten, lying down. But never was he to receive more than forty strokes. Paul writes in2 Corinthians 11:24; 2 Corinthians 11:24, "From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one." The Jews at least respected this particular law, for they lessened the number to 39 in case they had... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:1-19

MORE REGULATIONS PUBLIC PRIVILEGES (Deuteronomy 23:1-9 ) The privileges referred to here are doubtless honors in the state and perhaps, in the case of foreigners, incorporation with Israel by marriage. Eunuchs and bastards were denied these privileges (Deuteronomy 23:1-2 ), and also members of what Gentile nations (Deuteronomy 23:3 )? What caused the latter prohibition (Deuteronomy 23:4-6 )? Such passages as Nehemiah 13:1 ; Ruth 4:10 ; and 2 Kings 10:2 show that there were some exceptions... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:5-10

I venture to think that this precept had in it somewhat more, than merely what is contained in the obvious letter of it. If it be remembered, that the promise of the woman's seed, bruising the serpent's head, had not in those early ages been so clearly and fully revealed, in what stock or tribe the promised seed should spring, this will serve to show, why it was that the whole nation of the Jews were so very anxious to have children. And, therefore, the preserving the name in Israel was... read more