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Verse Deuteronomy 25:3. _FORTY STRIPES HE MAY GIVE HIM, AND NOT
EXCEED_] According to God's institution a criminal may receive _forty_
stripes; not one more! But is the institution from _above_ or _n...
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The Jews to keep within the letter of the law fixed 39 stripes as the
maximum (compare the marginal reference.). Forty signifies the full
measure of judgment (compare Genesis 7:12; Numbers 14:33); but...
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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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FORTY STRIPES. To ensure obedience to this law, tradition made the
stripes 39, and gave three strokes with. thong of thirteen cords.
Compare 2 Corinthians 11:24.
VILE. mean, or lightly esteemed....
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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...
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_Forty stripes_ By later law the number was fixed at -forty less one"
(_Mishna_," Makkoth," Deuteronomy 3:10 ff., cp. 2 Corinthians 11:24,
Josephus, IV. _Antt_. viii. 21, 23) they were now inflicted w...
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_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,...
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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;...
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_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._
Lest, if he should exceed ... then...
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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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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...
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אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יַכֶּ֖נּוּ לֹ֣א יֹסִ֑יף
פֶּן ־יֹסִ֨יף...
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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...
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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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_Eyes. Hebrew, "depart covered with confusion (or more vile) before
thy eyes." Hence the Jews do not consider this chastisement as
ignominious. (Calmet)_...
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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...
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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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FORTY STRIPES HE MAY GIVE HIM, AND NOT EXCEED,.... And that this
number might not be exceeded, it is ordered by the Jewish canons that
only thirty nine should be given; for it is asked b,
"with how m...
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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.
Ver. 3. _Should seem vile unto t...
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_Forty stripes he may give him_ The law of Moses very wisely limited
the number of stripes, lest severe judges should order delinquents to
be lashed to death, as was often done among the Romans, than...
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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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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed, this precept later
resulting in the limit's being placed at thirty-nine, for there was
danger of miscounting, and the Jews, especially after the return f...
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OF BODILY PUNISHMENTS...
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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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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...
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NOT EXCEED: it seems not superstition, but prudent caution, when the
Jews would not exceed thirty-nine stripes, 2 CORINTHIANS 11:24, lest
through mistake or forgetfulness or eagerness they should go b...
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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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Deuteronomy 25:3 Forty H705 blows H5221 (H8686) more H3254 (H8686)
exceed H3254 (H8686) beat H5221 ...
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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...
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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 25:3 The limit of FORTY STRIPES was
to prevent the guilty person from being degraded or permanently
harmed. For fear of miscounting and going beyond 40, later Jews
limi...
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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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2 Corinthians 11:24; 2 Corinthians 11:25; James 2:2; James 2:3; Job
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Forty stripes — It seems not superstition, but prudent caution, when
the Jews would not exceed thirty — nine stripes, lest through
mistake or forgetfulness they should go beyond their bounds, which
th...