Bible Commentary

Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house. 9. come unto ] The same vb. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:9”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:8”

And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother. 7. shall go up to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:7”

And it shall be, [that] the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother [which is] dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 6. firstborn son ] So Sam, (as in Deu 21:15) in conformity with Deu 25:5. LXX, , still adapts the law to that of P. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:6”

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. 5. brethren ] of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:5”

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn]. 4. Against Muzzling the Labouring Ox. Peculiar to D; a clear The present writer has never seen them muzzled. ‘In all W. Asia it is the universal custom to allow the oxen or other animals thus employed freely to eat of the crop’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:4”

Forty stripes he may give him, [and] not exceed: lest, [if] he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 3. Forty stripes ] By later law the number was fixed at ‘forty less one’ ( Mishna,’ Makkoth,’ Deu 3:10 ff., cp. 2Co 11:24, Josephus, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:3”

And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 2. then it shall be, if the guilty man be worthy to be beaten ] Lit. a son … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:2”

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 1. controversy ] litigation. and shall have declared righteous him who is in the right and declared guilty him who is guilty ] The vbs. and adjs. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:1”

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 22. And thou shalt remember ] See on Deu 24:18. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,…. When … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:22”