Deuteronomy 25:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

Here is, I. A law against deceitful weights and measures: they must not only not use them, but they must not have them, not have them in the bag, not have them in the house (Deut. 25:13, 14); for, if they had them, they would be strongly tempted to use them. They must not have a great weight and measure to buy by and a small one to sell by, for that was to cheat both ways, when either was bad enough; as we read of those that made the ephah small, in which they measured the corn they sold, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17

Remember what Amalek did unto thee ,.... The Amalekites, how they came out against them, and fought with them at Rephidim, Exodus 17:8 , by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt ; which was an aggravation of their cruel and inhuman action, that they not only came out against them unprovoked, were the aggressors, and fell upon them as they were travelling on the road, but when they were just come out of Egypt, where they had been in hard bondage, and their spirits broken, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:17

Verse 17 17.Remember what Amalek did unto thee. We have elsewhere seen how the Amalekites were the first who made a hostile attack upon the people, and endeavored to interrupt their journey; and Moses also related the sentence of God against them, the execution of which he now enjoins upon the people. God then swore that there should be perpetual war against them throughout all ages; and, that His threatening might not be frustrated, He appoints His people to take vengeance upon their great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Whilst in their intercourse with each other the law of love and brotherly kindness was to predominate, it was to be otherwise in regard to the enemies of God and his people. Them they were to overcome by force; wickedness was to be removed by the extinction of the wicked. Moses has already repeatedly reminded the Israelites that they had utterly to destroy the wicked nations of Canaan; and he here closes this discourse by reminding them that there was a nation outside of Canaan which was also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Kindness to enemies is not to degenerate into sympathy with or indifference to ungodliness. God is kind. God is terrible. When he riseth up against sin to punish it openly, who—who can stand? The repeated injunctions in this book, of kindness to enemies, the prohibitions against private revenge, etc; should effectually guard any against attributing to Moses any incitement of the people to revengeful retaliation. He utters a prophecy, as a prophet. In Exodus 17:16 , the LXX . read, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Amalek. Moses, in calling the sin of Amalek to remembrance, and enjoining destruction of that people, was not speaking "of himself." He but declared the will of God, long before announced, and solemnly recorded in a book ( Exodus 17:14 ). It was not "after the spirit or mission of the Law," as has been well remarked, "to and at overcoming inveterate opposition by love and by attempts at conversion. The Law taught God's hatred of sin and of rebellion against him by enjoining the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Cowardice and cruelty avenged. The feeling of resentment must be classed "low" among the moral sentiments. But this command to remember and to avenge the conduct of Amalek is not resentment. Abundant time was allowed the Amalekites to abandon evil ways and to cultivate friendly relations with Israel. But they continued, century after century, godless and hostile: hence their extinction. I. ATHEISM BREEDS IS MEN BOTH CRUELTY AND COWARDICE . Against Amalek the gravest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The extermination of the merciless. The crime of the Amalekites was falling upon the hindmost, who were faint and weary. It was an act of judgment untempered by any mercy; and the decree of God is their extermination because they were merciless. Just as we see in another place that God won't forgive the unforgiving, so here we see that he will blot out the merciless from under his merciful heaven. "For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy" ( James 2:13 ). I.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35-36). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching (compare Luke 3:12 ff); and that “the prophets” (compare Ezekiel 45:10-12; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:10-11) and “the Psalms” Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23, not less than “the Law,” especially insist on them.Deuteronomy 25:13Divers weights - i. e. stones of unequal weights, the lighter... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 25:17-18

Deuteronomy 25:17-18. Out of Egypt Which circumstance greatly aggravated their sin, that they should do thus to a people who had been long exercised with sore afflictions, to whom pity was due by the laws of nature and humanity, and for whose rescue God had in so glorious a manner appeared, which they could not be ignorant of. And he feared not God Though they feared Israel, whom they durst not look in the face, but cut them off behind, yet they feared not God, but acted a base and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 25:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 25:17-18

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