Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Deuteronomy 25:7
brothers wife:
Or, next kinsemans wife
brothers wife:
Or, next kinsemans wife
The law of levirate marriage. The law on this subject is not unique to the Jews, but is found (see Genesis 38:8) in all essential respects the same among various Oriental nations, ancient and modern....
21. VARIOUS LAWS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CHAPTER 25 _ 1. Corporal punishment (Deuteronomy 25:1)_ 2. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox (Deuteronomy 25:4) 3. The brother-in-law's marriage (Deu
DEUTERONOMY 25:1. Another of Dt.'s humanitarian laws. Punishment by the bastinado among the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians was common (see Wilkinson- Birch, _Ancient Egyptians_, i. pp. 305, 308). The p...
Of Levirate Marriage If, of brothers dwelling together, one die childless, his widow shall not marry beyond the family, her husband's brother shall marry her, and their firstborn be the dead man's he...
_shall go up to the gate_ Ruth 4:1, only here, in D; so also the terms _like not_and _refuseth_(see introd. note). _elders_ Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15. See on...
_VER._ 5-10. _IF BRETHREN DWELL TOGETHER,_ &C.— The great end of this law was, to preserve inheritances in the families to which they belonged: and the meaning plainly is, that, if a brother died with...
(18) THE FAMILY NAME: LEVIRATE MARRIAGE (Deuteronomy 25:5-10) 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her...
_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 WI...
ORDINANCES REGARDING THE INFLICTION OF STRIPES, THE BAISING OF SEED TO A BROTHER, MODESTY, AND FAIR DEALING 3. _And_ NOT EXCEED] In order to keep within the limit it was usual to inflict thirty-nine s...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 25 V1 ‘Perhaps two men have an argument and they go to court. The judges declare that one man i...
Deuteronomy 25:5. LEVIRATE MARRIAGES. (5) IF BRETHREN DWELL TOGETHER. — This law is made the subject of a whole treatise in the Talmud, called _Yebâmôth._ The object of the law was held to be attained...
וְ אִם ־לֹ֤א יַחְפֹּץ֙ הָ אִ֔ישׁ לָ
LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequate as...
This chapter is a continuation of the two previous ones in giving varied instructions. Punishments were to be righteously administered and were never to be excessive. It is interesting to notice what...
I venture to think that this precept had in it somewhat more, than merely what is contained in the obvious letter of it. If it be remembered, that the promise of the woman's seed, bruising the serpent...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
AND THE MAN LIKE NOT TO TAKE HIS BROTHER'S WIFE,.... The provision here made by this law, when this was the case, is such as did not take place before it became a law; for then Onan would have taken t...
1 Stripes must not exceed fortie. 4 The Oxe is not to be musled. 5 Of raising seed vnto a brother. 11 Of the immodest woman. 13 Of vniust weights. 17 The memorie of Amalek is to be blotted out....
THE LEVIRATE MARRIAGE...
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, for the marriage was not an absolute or unavoidable duty, THEN LET HIS BROTHER'S WIFE GO UP TO THE GATE UNTO THE ELDERS, for questions of right and...
JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY (vs.1-3) In the law courts the judges must mete out proper justice, yet not to exceed the limits of justice. If one was guilty of serious crime, it was right to have him b...
5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful....
TO RAISE UP UNTO HIS BROTHER A NAME; to revive his brother's name and memory....
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 25:7 man H376 want H2654 (H8799) take H3947 (H8800) wife H2994 wife H2994 up H5927 ...
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...
CONTENTS: Divers regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Justice and equity will bring down upon us the blessing of God. Those who do unrighteously are an abomination to the Lord and misera...
Deuteronomy 25:5. _If brethren dwell together._ Not in the same house, but near each other on the ancient lot of land which the family possessed; for Moses often speaks as though the people were alrea...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 25:1__ The laws in this section relate to things like administering justice, providing for widows, and being honest in business. They relate to the ninth commandment: “...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 25:7 GATE. See Deuteronomy 22:15 and note on 22:14–15....
CRITICAL NOTES.—CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. _Controv._, dispute arising from inflicted injury. Justify pronounce just, Exodus 23:7; Proverbs 17:15. DEUTERONOMY 25:2. LIE DOWN. “Precisely the same as the Egyp...
EXPOSITION LAWS RELATING TO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, LEVIRATE MARRIAGES, AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. DEUTERONOMY 25:1 The first and second verses should be read as one se
Now in Chapter twenty-five, he continues these interesting kinds of regulations. If two men have a controversy between themselves, then they come to the judges; and let the judges justify the righteou...