Deuteronomy 25
Overview
25:1 Stripes must not exceed forty;
25:4 The ox is not to be muzzled;
25:5 Of raising seed unto a brother;
25:11 Of the immodest woman;
25:13 Of unjust weights and measures;
25:17 The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out. Verse 1 Deuteronomy 16:18-20, 17:8, 17:9, 19:17-19; Exodus 23:6, 23:7; 2 Samuel 23:3; 2 Chronicles 19:6-10; Job 29:7-17; Psalm 58:1, 58:2, 82:2-4; Proverbs 17:15, 31:8, 31:9; Isaiah 1:17, 1:23; 5:23, 11:4, 32:1, 32:2; Jeremiah 21:12; Ezekiel 44:24; Micah 3:1, 3:2; Habakkuk 1:4, 1:13; Malachi 3:18; Matthew 3:10 Reciprocal Genesis 44:16 - What shall we say; Exodus 22:9 - the cause of both parties; 1 Samuel 2:25 - sin against; 1 Kings 8:32 - condemning; 2 Chronicles 6:23 - justifying; 19:8 - the judgment; Job 27:5 - justify; Jeremiah 22:3 - Execute; Acts 23:3 - smitten; Romans 13:3 - rulers Verse 2 Matthew 10:17, 27:26; Luke 12:47, 12:48; Acts 5:40, 16:22-24; 1 Peter 2:20, 2:24 Reciprocal Nehemiah 13:25 - smote; Acts 23:3 - smitten; 2 Corinthians 11:24 - forty Verse 3 not exceed 2 Corinthians 11:24, 11:25 vile unto theeThat is, be beaten so cruelly, that, by retaining the marks, he become contemptible in the eyes of his brethren. Amendment, and not this, was the object of the punishment. We should hate and despise the sin, but not the sinner. Job 18:3; Luke 15:30, 18:9-12; James 2:2, 2:3 Reciprocal Nehemiah 13:25 - smote; Matthew 10:17 - scourge; Luke 12:47 - shall; 2 Corinthians 6:5 - stripes Verse 4 shalt notIn Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they made use of beeves to tread out the corn; and the same mode of threshing still obtains in Arabia, Barbary, and other eastern countries, to the present day. The sheaves lie open and expanded on the threshing floors, and the cattle continually move round them, and thus tread out the grain. The natives of Aleppo still religiously observe the ancient humane practice, inculcated by this law, of permitting the oxen to remain unmuzzled when treading out the corn.muzzle Proverbs 12:10; 1 Corinthians 9:9, 9:10; 1 Timothy 5:17, 5:18 treadeth outHeb. thresheth, Isaiah 28:27; Hosea 10:11 Reciprocal Numbers 22:32 - Wherefore; Job 24:11 - General; Isaiah 30:24 - oxen Verse 5 brethren Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28 husband's brotheror, next kinsman, Genesis 38:8, 38:9; Ruth 1:12, 1:13, 3:9, 4:5 Reciprocal Genesis 19:31 - to come; Leviticus 18:16 - General; Ruth 1:11 - that they; 2:20 - one of our; 3:2 - is not Boaz; 3:13 - if he will; Matthew 14:4 - General Verse 6 the firstborn Genesis 28:8-10 that his name Deuteronomy 9:14, 29:20; Ruth 4:10-12; Psalm 9:5, 109:13, brother's wife, or, next kinsman's wife, go up, Deuteronomy 21:19; Ruth 4:1-7 Reciprocal Genesis 38:9 - General; Ruth 3:2 - is not Boaz; 4:5 - to raise up; 2 Samuel 14:7 - so they; Matthew 14:4 - General Verse 7 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 21:19 - and bring; Ruth 4:1 - to the gate; 4:7 - a man plucked off Verse 8 I like not Ruth 4:6 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 7:21 - a mighty God Verse 9 loose his shoePulling off the shoe seems to express his being degraded to the situation of slaves, who generally went barefoot; and spitting in or rather before (biphney ) his face, was a mark of the utmost ignominy. Ruth 4:7, 4:8; Isaiah 20:2; Mark 1:7; John 1:27 spit Numbers 12:14; Job 30:10; Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67, 27:30; Mark 10:34 So shall Genesis 38:8-10; Ruth 4:10, 4:11; 1 Samuel 2:30
Verse 11 to deliver her husband Romans 3:8; 1 Timothy 2:9 Reciprocal Exodus 21:18 - men Verse 12 Deuteronomy 19:13, 19:21 Reciprocal 7:16 - thine eye Verse 13 in thy bag Leviticus 19:35, 19:36; Proverbs 11:1, 16:11, 20:10; Ezekiel 45:10, 45:11; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11, 6:12 divers weightsHeb. a stone and a stone, Aivenwaaiven; because weights were anciently made of stone. Hence the expression, a stone weight, which is still in use, though the matter of which it is made be lead or iron, and the name itself shews us that a stone of a certain weight was formerly used.Reciprocal Exodus 20:15 - General; Leviticus 19:15 - General; Deuteronomy 16:20 - That which; Micah 6:10 - and; 1 Corinthians 6:9 - unrighteous; 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - go Verse 14 divers measuresHeb. an ephah and an ephah, Aiphah waaiphah; for this was the cost common measure among the Israelites, by which all the others were made and adjusted. They are not only forbidden to use divers weights and measures, one large or heavy to buy with, and another small and light to sell with, but they were not even allowed to keep such in the house. It is observable also, that these too common but dishonest actions are branded as "an abomination to the Lord," equally with idolatry, and other scandalous crimes. Deuteronomy 25:14
Verse 15 that thy days Deuteronomy 4:40, 5:16, 5:33, 6:18, 11:9, 17:20; Exodus 20:12; Psalm 34:12; Ephesians 6:3; 1 Peter 3:10 Reciprocal Leviticus 19:35 - in meteyard; Deuteronomy 2:29 - into the land; 1 Kings 3:14 - I will lengthen Verse 16 all that do Deuteronomy 18:12, 22:5; Proverbs 11:1, 20:23; Amos 8:5-7; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Revelation 21:27 Reciprocal Leviticus 18:27 - General; Deuteronomy 17:1 - for that; Proverbs 6:16 - an; 16:12 - an; Romans 6:13 - unrighteousness Verse 17 Exodus 17:8-16; Numbers 24:20, 25:17, 25:18 Reciprocal Genesis 36:12 - Amalek; Exodus 17:14 - for I will; Numbers 10:25 - the rereward; 1 Samuel 15:2 - Amalek; 27:9 - and the camels; 2 Samuel 1:8 - an Amalekite; 1 Chronicles 4:43 - the rest; Matthew 5:43 - and hate Verse 18 feared Nehemiah 5:9, 5:15; Psalm 36:1; Proverbs 16:6; Romans 3:18 Reciprocal Leviticus 25:17 - fear; 25:43 - but shalt; Numbers 10:25 - the rereward; 11:1 - the uttermost; 2 Samuel 17:2 - weary Verse 19 when the Joshua 23:1 thou shalt Deuteronomy 9:14; Exodus 17:14, 17:16; Joshua 6:3, 7:12, 7:22-25; 1 Samuel 14:48, 15:1-35, 27:8; 30:1-7; 1 Chronicles 4:43; Esther 3:1, 7:10, 9:7-10; Psalm 83:7-17 Reciprocal Exodus 32:32 - blot me; Leviticus 27:28 - no devoted; Deuteronomy 7:24 - their name; 12:9 - General; 29:20 - blot out; 2 Kings 14:27 - blot out; Esther 3:2 - bowed not; Psalm 109:13 - their name; Lamentations 3:66 - under; Habakkuk 3:1 - had