CHAPTER 25 DOING WHAT IS TRULY RIGHT AND AVOIDING SHAME. This chapter continues with the idea of fairness, and the thought of consideration and doing right and runs throughout, commencing with the requirement for true justice and a fair hearing with a limitation on beatings, and dealing with not muz... [ Continue Reading ]
REGULATIONS CONCERNING FAIR TREATMENT TO ANOTHER PARTY (DEUTERONOMY 25:4). The principle in these regulations is that of fair and just treatment towards other parties. The ox who treads out the grain must be treated fairly and be given seed (grain) (Deuteronomy 25:4), a deceased brother must be trea... [ Continue Reading ]
AMALEK TO BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR GUILT (DEUTERONOMY 25:17). This sudden introduction of this curse on Amalek may seem to take us by surprise, but it in fact a closing echo of Deuteronomy 23:1, while at the same time finalising the whole section from Deuteronomy 12 onwards (see below). In Deuteronomy... [ Continue Reading ]