📖 Deuteronomy — Chapter 25 (KJV)
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Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Deuteronomy 25:2 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.
Deuteronomy 25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and Rnot exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Deuteronomy 25:4 Thou shalt not Rmuzzle the ox when he Ttreadeth out the corn.
Deuteronomy 25:5 If Rbrethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: Ther husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
Deuteronomy 25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, Rthat his name be not put out of Israel.
Deuteronomy 25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, Tthen let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
Deuteronomy 25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, RI like not to take her;
Deuteronomy 25:9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and Rloose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.
Deuteronomy 25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Deuteronomy 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for Rto deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
Deuteronomy 25:12 RThen thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Deuteronomy 25:13 Thou shalt not have Rin thy bag Tdivers weights, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house Tdivers measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: Rthat thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
Deuteronomy 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he Rfeared not God.
Deuteronomy 25:19 Therefore it shall be, Rwhen the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 25:1–4 — Proportionate punishment and the working ox
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Judges must distinguish the guilty from the innocent and observe a stated limit on beating. A working ox is not to be muzzled.
Key Truth: The law limits punishment and provides for the working animal.
Check What You Remember
1. What maximum number of stripes is stated? (Deuteronomy 25:3)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:3 (KJV).
2. What animal must not be muzzled while treading corn? (Deuteronomy 25:4)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:4 (KJV).
3. What task is the ox performing? (Deuteronomy 25:4)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:4 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 25:5–12 — Preserving a brother's name
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The chapter describes responsibility to a deceased brother's household and a public procedure when it is refused. These instructions address inheritance and family continuity in ancient Israel.
Key Truth: The prescribed procedure makes the refusal a public matter.
Check What You Remember
1. Whose name was the firstborn child to preserve? (Deuteronomy 25:6)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:6 (KJV).
2. Where was the refusal brought before the elders? (Deuteronomy 25:7)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:7 (KJV).
3. What item was removed in the public refusal ceremony? (Deuteronomy 25:9)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:9 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 25:13–19 — Honest measures and remembering Amalek
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Israel must use honest weights and measures, not different standards for personal advantage. Moses also recalls Amalek's attack on weary stragglers.
Key Truth: Honest dealing and care for the vulnerable matter in covenant life.
Check What You Remember
1. What two things must be perfect and just? (Deuteronomy 25:15)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:15 (KJV).
2. What nation had attacked Israel along the way from Egypt? (Deuteronomy 25:17)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:17 (KJV).
3. Which part of Israel's company did Amalek attack? (Deuteronomy 25:18)
Find it in Deuteronomy 25:18 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How is the limit on stripes connected with the brother’s dignity?
2. What must not be done to an ox while it works at the corn?
3. What purpose governs the firstborn in the brother’s marriage provision?
4. What must the elders do when the brother refuses?
5. What makes the command concerning weights more than a ban on one dishonest stone?
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