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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 25:2

Worthy to be beaten Which the Jews say was the case of all those who had committed crimes which the law commands to be punished, without expressing the kind or degree of punishment. Before his face That the punishment might be duly inflicted, without excess or defect. And from this no person's rank or quality exempted him, if he were a delinquent.

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See also Deuteronomy 25:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 25:2. _THE JUDGE SHALL CAUSE HIM TO LIE DOWN, AND TO BE_ _BEATEN BEFORE HIS FACE_] This precept is literally followed in China; the culprit receives in the presence of the magistrat...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Render it: (1) If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them, and justify the righteous and condemn the wicked (compare the marginal reference. and Exodu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Deuteronomy 24:5 to Deuteronomy 25:4. Thirteen Laws of Equity and Humanity Besides the humane temper common to most of them, and a few cue-words, there are no apparent reasons for their being grouped...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    THEN _it shall be, if the_ GUILTY _man be worthy to be beaten_ Lit. _a son of strokes_....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 2, 3. _THE JUDGE SHALL CAUSE HIM TO LIE DOWN,_ &C.— To prevent severity in judgment upon persons found guilty of misdemeanors, Moses here not only enjoins the number of stripes to be inflicted,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON NINETEEN DEUTERONOMY 25:1-16 (16) JUDGING AND PUNISHING MEN IN CONTROVERSY (Deuteronomy 25:1-3) If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and _the judges_ judge them;...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ Worthy to be be...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    25:2 beaten, (b-13) Lit. 'be a son of smiting.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXV. Deuteronomy 25:1. HUMANITY IN PUNISHMENTS. (1) THEY SHALL JUSTIFY THE RIGHTEOUS, AND CONDEMN THE WICKED. — “I will not justify the wicked” (Exodus 23:7). “He that justifieth the wicked, and he t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֛ה אִם ־בִּ֥ן הַכֹּ֖ות הָ רָשָׁ֑ע

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, (b) and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. (b) When th...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Down, tying him to a low pillar; (Menochius) (Grotius) though many assert, that the criminal was forced to lie prostrate on the ground, as the Jews still do, in Germany, when they undergo this punish...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    No doubt in all instances, strict examination took place before punishment. The limitation of the number of stripes prevented the effects of rigour. The Jews have a tradition, that while the stripes w...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT SHALL BE, IF THE WICKED MAN BE WORTHY TO BE BEATEN,.... There were four kinds of death criminals were put to by the Jews, stoning, strangling, burning, and slaying with the sword; and such crim...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 2. _To be...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF BODILY PUNISHMENTS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it shall be if the wicked man, he whom the judges have found to be in the wrong, BE WORTHY TO BE BEATEN, literally, "if a son of stripes the guilty one," THAT THE JUDGE SHALL CAUSE HIM TO LIE DOWN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-3 Every punishment should be with solemnity, that those who see it may be filled with dread, and be warned not to offend in like manner. And though the criminals must be shamed as well as put to pai...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WORTHY TO BE BEATEN; which the Jews say was the case of all those crimes which the law commands to be punished, without expressing the kind or degree of the punishment. BEFORE HIS FACE; that the punis...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 25:2 man H7563 deserves H1121 beaten H5221 (H8687) judge H8199 (H8802) down H5307 (H8689) beaten

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 req...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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: “...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 2:24; Acts 16:22; Acts 5:40; Luke 12:47;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Beaten — Which the Jews say was the case of all those crimes which the law commands to be punished, without expressing the kind or degree of punishment. Before his face — That the punishment may be du...

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