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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

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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Deuteronomy 25:11

25:11 {e} When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:(e) This law imputes that godly shamefacedness is preferred: for it is a horrible thing to see a woman past shame. 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 25:11-12

For the honor of women, we should hope this precept was seldom violated, or the punishment made necessary. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:5-12

5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Deuteronomy 25:11-19

Correct Weights and Measures v. 11. when men strive together one with another, become engaged in fisticuffs, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets, v. 12. then thou, the constituted authority, shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. This precept was here inserted in order to guard against a false freedom and familiarity of the female sex toward those of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Deuteronomy 25:1-19

Israel at HomeChaps. Deuteronomy 23:15 to Deuteronomy 25:1915Thou shalt not deliver5 unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16He shall dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh [good for him, so margin] him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17There shall be no whore6 [consecrated, devoted one] of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore,... read more

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