Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:8
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and [if] he stand [to it], and say, I like not to take her;
8. This v. really continues the protasis of the cond. sentence which starts in Deu 25:7; the apodosis begins with Deu 25:9.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Speak unto him, to convince him of the duty, and persuade him to it.
If he stand to it; if he obstinately refuse it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Then the elders of his city shall call him,…. Require him to come, before them, and declare his resolution, and the reasons for it; recite this law to him, and explain the nature of it, and exhort him to comply with it, or show reason why he does not, at least to have his final resolution upon it:
and speak unto him; talk with him upon this subject, and give him their best advice; and what that was Maimonides o more particularly informs us; if it is good and advisable to marry, they advise him to marry; but if it is better advice to pluck off the shoe, they give it; as when she is young and he is old, or she is old and he young, they advise him to allow the shoe to be plucked off:
and [if] he stand [to it]: and say, I like not to take her; if, after all the conversation, debate, and counsel between them, he is resolute, and abides by his first determination, that he will not marry her, then the following method was to be taken.
o Yebum Vechalitzab, c. 4. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
I like not: Rth 4:6
Reciprocal: Deu 7:21 – a mighty God