Deut.25.10
25:10 his family will be referred to: If a man refused to perpetuate his brother’s name, he would be spoken of in a derogatory way.
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25:10 his family will be referred to: If a man refused to perpetuate his brother’s name, he would be spoken of in a derogatory way.
25:11-12 cut off her hand: The woman’s act would emasculate the man, depriving him of (or cutting off from him) any offspring. As with the previous law (25:9), the punishment fits the crime (lex talionis; see study note on 19:21).
25:13-14 You must use accurate scales . . . full and honest measures (Hebrew you must not have stone and stone, large and small, . . . ephah and ephah, large and small): Merchants were not to use two sets of weights and measures for cheating customers—a heavier weight or measure when purchasing goods (thus reducing their own cost) and a lighter one when sell...
25:13-14 You must use accurate scales . . . full and honest measures (Hebrew you must not have stone and stone, large and small, . . . ephah and ephah, large and small): Merchants were not to use two sets of weights and measures for cheating customers—a heavier weight or measure when purchasing goods (thus reducing their own cost) and a lighter one when selling them (thus increasing their own profit).
25:17 The Amalekites were tribal peoples who attacked Israel’s rear flanks during the Sinai wilderness wandering (Exod 17:8-16). They were apparently related to the Edomites (Gen 36:12).
genesis 36:12
genesis 38:6-11
exodus 17:8-16
numbers 12:14
deuteronomy 25:2
deuteronomy 25:9
ruth 3:12-13
ruth 4:1-12