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Themes in Deuteronomy 25

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Themes in Deuteronomy 25

Deuteronomy 25:1 (show verse)

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

Court » Justice required of
Courts of justice » Both the accusers and accused required to appear before
Israel » Judges of » General references to
Judges of israel » General references to
Magistrates » Should » Judge righteously

Deuteronomy 25:2 (show verse)

If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime.

Courts of justice » The judgment of » Immediately executed
Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging
Punishments » Were inflicted » Immediately after sentence was passed
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging
Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:3 (show verse)

He may be flogged with 40 lashes, but no more. Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded in your sight.

Beating » As a punishment
Forty » Stripes » Administered in punishing criminals
Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging
Punishments » Beating
Punishments » Stripes » Mutilations » Forty
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging
Scourging » 40 stripes
The Nation » Punishment » Beating

Deuteronomy 25:4 (show verse)

“Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain.

Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Threshing
Agriculture or husbandry » Beasts used in » Oxen
Animals » God's care of
Animals » Laws concerning
Beasts » Domestic » To be taken care of
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Not to be muzzled, when treading grain
Bullock (ox) » Uses of » For treading out grain
Oxen » Laws respecting » Not to be muzzled when treading out the corn
Threshing » Cattle employed in, not to be muzzled
Threshing » By treading

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
the First-born » Privileges of » In case of death the next brother to raise up seed to
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Marriage » Of kinsman's widow
Marriage » The jews » Obliged to contract with a brother's wife who died without seed
Strangers » Marriage with, forbidden
Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin

Deuteronomy 25:6 (show verse)

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
the First-born » Privileges of » In case of death the next brother to raise up seed to
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin

Deuteronomy 25:7 (show verse)

But if the man doesn’t want to marry his sister-in-law, she must go to the elders at the city gate and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He isn’t willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.’

Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
Court » Civil » The gates of cities
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Places of holding courts
Courts of justice » Judges of » Called elders
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)

Deuteronomy 25:8 (show verse)

The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’

Deuteronomy 25:9 (show verse)

then his sister-in-law will go up to him in the sight of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she will declare, ‘This is what is done to a man who will not build up his brother’s house.’

Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Shoe » Loosened as a sign of refusal to observe the levirate marriage
Shoes » Customs connected with » A man who refused to marry a deceased brother's wife disgraced by pulling off his shoes
Spitting » In the face, as an indignity

Deuteronomy 25:10 (show verse)

And his family name in Israel will be called ‘The house of the man whose sandal was removed.’

Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Shoes » Customs connected with » A man who refused to marry a deceased brother's wife disgraced by pulling off his shoes

Deuteronomy 25:11 (show verse)

“If two men are fighting with each other, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she puts out her hand and grabs his genitals,

Pity » Not to be shown to offenders