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Themes in Deuteronomy 25

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Themes in Deuteronomy 25

Deuteronomy 25:1 (show verse)

"When there is a conflict between individuals, let them come to court to judge the case, decide who is innocent, and condemn the guilty person.

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 person deserves a beating, the judge will make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes fit 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)

But he must not be beaten more than 40 lashes, because if he receives more than 40 lashes, your brother will be humiliated in your eyes.

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)

"Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing 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 two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

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 firstborn whom she will bear will continue the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be erased 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 does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the city gate and declare, "My husband's brother refuses to perform the duty of a brother-in-law in order to preserve the name of his brother in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law.'

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)

Then the elders of the city are to summon him and speak with him. If he insists on saying, "I don't want to marry her,'

Deuteronomy 25:9 (show verse)

then she is to approach her brother-in-law in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and say in response, "May this be done to the man who does not preserve the lineage of his brother.'

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)

Then his family name in Israel will be known as "the family of the one 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 together, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the grasp of his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes his genitals,

Pity » Not to be shown to offenders

Deuteronomy 25:12 (show verse)

you are to cut off her hand. Don't show any pity."

hands » Criminals often » Deprived of
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders

Deuteronomy 25:13 (show verse)

"Don't have different weights in your bag one heavy and one light.

Abomination » Things that are, to God » Unjust weights and measures
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Dishonesty » Condemned
Measure » Must be just
Measures » Just weights
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have divers

Deuteronomy 25:14 (show verse)

Don't have different measuring devices in your house one large and one small.

Abomination » Things that are, to God » Unjust weights and measures
Measure » Must be just
Measures » The jews not to be unjust in
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have divers

Deuteronomy 25:15 (show verse)

You must have honest weights and measuring devices, so you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you,

Abomination » Things that are, to God » Unjust weights and measures
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Honesty » In business encouraged
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
Measure » Must be just
Measures » The jews not to be unjust in
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Weights » Must be just

Deuteronomy 25:16 (show verse)

for anyone who does these things anyone who deals dishonestly is detestable to the LORD your God."

Abomination » Things that are, to God » Unjust weights and measures
Error » Known to God » Hateful to God
Measure » Must be just
Sin » Harvest of » Hateful to God
Sin » God » Abominates
Transgression » Known to God » Hateful to God

Deuteronomy 25:17 (show verse)

"Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the road while you were coming out of Egypt,

Amalekites » Israel commanded to destroy
Israel » Defeats » Amalekites
Retaliation » Instances of » The israelites on the amalekites

Deuteronomy 25:18 (show verse)

how when you were very tired and weary, they lay in wait for you on the road and eliminated everyone who was lagging behind. They had no fear of God.

Amalekites » Israel commanded to destroy
Israel » Defeats » Amalekites
Retaliation » Instances of » The israelites on the amalekites

Deuteronomy 25:19 (show verse)

Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies who surround you in the land that he is about to give you to possess as an inheritance, you must completely erase the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven. Don't forget!"

Amalekites » Israel commanded to destroy
Retaliation » Instances of » The israelites on the amalekites