신명기 25:1-2 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:1-3

Corporal punishment. We have here directions given for the punishment of criminals. As the Hebrews had no gaol system, a properly graduated corporal punishment supplied most effectively its place. Moses here directs the judges to look carefully into the case, and to assign a certain number of stripes, which are never to exceed forty, the chastisement being given in the presence of the judge. Thus the largest measure of equity was introduced into their penal system. I. RETRIBUTION OF... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:1-2

Render it:(1) If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them, and justify the righteous and condemn the wicked (compare the marginal reference. and Exodus 23:7; Proverbs 17:15);(2) then it shall be, etc.Deuteronomy 25:2Scourging is named as a penalty in Leviticus 19:20. The beating here spoken of would be on the back with a rod or stick (compare Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 26:3). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 25:1

Deuteronomy 25:1. If there be a controversy between men Having made provision for the security of private right in some such remarkable cases as might be sufficient standards whereby to regulate all others, and having fixed punishments to the breach of the most capital laws, Moses now comes to such criminal matters as deserved only corporal penalties, and directs the inferior courts to be just and impartial in their proceedings upon all such complaints. They shall justify the righteous ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 25:2

Deuteronomy 25:2. Worthy to be beaten Which the Jews say was the case of all those who had committed crimes which the law commands to be punished, without expressing the kind or degree of punishment. Before his face That the punishment might be duly inflicted, without excess or defect. And from this no person’s rank or quality exempted him, if he were a delinquent. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:1-4

Protection for the disadvantaged (24:1-25:4)Various laws guaranteed protection for defenceless people who might otherwise be exploited. A woman who had been divorced was free from interference by her previous husband. He had to respect the decency of marriage, and had no right to send her away then take her back as he pleased (24:1-4; cf. Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:3-9). A newly married man could not be forced into the army till at least one year after marriage (5; cf. 20:7). A poor person who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 25:1

men. Hebrew, plural of ' i s h , or 'enosh. App-14 . shall justify. Compare Deuteronomy 16:18 ; Deuteronomy 17:8 . Exodus 23:7 . Proverbs 17:15 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:1

Here we have a total of six paragraphs on:(1) limiting the infliction of corporal punishment as a legal penalty (Deuteronomy 25:1-3);(2) muzzling the ox on the threshing floor (Deuteronomy 25:4);(3) rules regarding Levirate marriage (Deuteronomy 25:5-10);(4) a special law regarding wrestling (Deuteronomy 25:11,12);(5) the law against crooked weights and measures (Deuteronomy 25:13-16);(6) God's order calling for the extermination of the Amalekites (Deuteronomy 25:17-19).Of special interest in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 25:2-3

Ver. 2, 3. The judge shall cause him to lie down, &c.— To prevent severity in judgment upon persons found guilty of misdemeanors, Moses here not only enjoins the number of stripes to be inflicted, but takes care that it shall be done before the face of the judge himself. The criminal lay down in open court, either upon the ground, or before a low pillar, to which his hands were tied, and, being stripped to his waist, the executioner stood behind him, and scourged him on the back with thongs... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:2

2, 3. if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten—In judicial sentences, which awarded punishment short of capital, scourging, like the Egyptian bastinado, was the most common form in which they were executed. The Mosaic law, however, introduced two important restrictions; namely: (1) The punishment should be inflicted in presence of the judge instead of being inflicted in private by some heartless official; and (2) The maximum amount of it should be limited to forty stripes, instead of being... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 25:1-3

Criminals 25:1-3Beating was a form of punishment used in Israel for various offenses. However the safety and personal dignity of the person being beaten was important to God even though he or she deserved the beating. These things were also to be important to God’s people."This was the Egyptian mode of whipping, as we may see depicted upon the monuments, when the culprits lie flat upon the ground, and being held fast by the hands and feet, receive their strokes in the presence of the judge. . .... read more