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Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced
once more (compare Leviticus 19:35). It is noteworthy that John the
Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching...
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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
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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...
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IN THE LAND. on the soil or ground....
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_A perfect and just weight_ Lit. _A whole stone and of the norm_. Both
adj. _shelemah_and noun _ṣedeḳ_are used here in their original and
physical meaning. H, Leviticus 19:36: _balances, stones, ephah...
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Against Divers Weights and Measures
Israel shall not use these greater (for purchases) and smaller (for
sales) for he who does so is an abomination to Jehovah (Deuteronomy
25:13 f., Deuteronomy 25:16...
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(20) JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Deuteronomy 25:13-16)
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a
small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great
and a small....
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_BUT THOU SHALT HAVE A PERFECT AND JUST WEIGHT, A PERFECT AND JUST
MEASURE SHALT THOU HAVE: THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LENGTHENED IN THE LAND
WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE._
No JFB commentary on these...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 25:13. JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
So Leviticus 19:35. Among the laws of moral holiness comes the law of
just weights and measures.
(16) AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD. — So in Proverbs 1
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אֶ֣בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֤ה וָ צֶ֨דֶק֙ יִֽהְיֶה
־לָּ֔ךְ...
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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...
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It were much to be wished that these precepts were kept in view by all
persons concerned in trade....
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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...
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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...
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[BUT] THOU SHALL HAVE A PERFECT AND JUST WEIGHT, A PERFECT AND JUST
MEASURE SHALL THOU HAVE,.... That is, full weights, and full measures;
and such as are alike, and everywhere used, according to the...
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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....
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CORRECT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES...
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But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, each one, whether in
the shop or in the house, complete, whole, holding just the amount
which it was supposed to hold, A PERFECT AND JUST MEASURE SHALT T...
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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...
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13-16 Dishonest gain always brings a curse on men's property,
families, and souls. Happy those who judge themselves, repent of and
forsake their sins, and put away evil things, that they may not be
co...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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: “...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 25:13 TWO KINDS OF WEIGHTS... TWO
KINDS OF MEASURES. A dishonest person might use one set of weights or
measures for selling and another for buying. See...
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Peter 3:10; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy 4:40;...