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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Deuteronomy 25 Several laws are contained in this chapter, as concerning beating such whose crimes required it, Deuteronomy 25:1; of not muzzling the ox in treading out the corn, Deuteronomy 25:4; of marrying a deceased brother's wife, when there was no issue, and of the disgrace of such that refused it, Deuteronomy 25:5; of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If there be a controversy between men,.... Between two or more: and they come unto judgment; into a court of judicature, bring their cause thither: that [the judges] may judge them; who were never less than three; the great sanhedrim at Jerusalem consisted of seventy one, the lesser court was of twenty three, and the least of all three only: then...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
Here is, I. A law to moderate the scourging of malefactors, ver. 1-3. II. A law in favour of the ox that treads out the corn, ver. 4. III. For the disgracing of him that refused to marry his brother's widow, ver. 5-10. IV. For the punishment of an immodest woman, ver. 11, 12. V. For just weights and measures, ver. 13-16. VI. For the destroying of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten,.... There were four kinds of death criminals were put to by the Jews, stoning, strangling, burning, and slaying with the sword; and such crimes not as severe as these were punished with beating or scourging; and who they were that were worthy to be beaten is at large set forth in the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 many stripes do they beat him? with forty, save one, as it is said, in number "forty" that is, in the number which is next to forty;'' this they make...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou shall not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn]. As oxen are used in ploughing, so likewise in treading or beating out the corn; of the manner of which, [See comments on 1 Corinthians 9:9]; now while it was thus employed, it might not be restrained by any means from eating the corn as it had an opportunity, either by a muzzle put over...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If brethren dwell together,.... Not only in the same country, province, town, or city, but in the same house; such who had been from their youth brought up together in their father's house, and now one of them being married, as the case put supposes, they that were unmarried might live with him, and especially if the father was dead; and so may...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it shall be [that] the firstborn that she beareth,.... To her husband's brother, now married to her: shall succeed in the name of his brother [which is] dead; the meaning is, as the Targum of Jonathan, "he shall rise up in the inheritance in the name of his brother;'' or, as Jarchi expresses it, "he shall take the inheritance of the deceased...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the man like not to take his brother's wife,.... The provision here made by this law, when this was the case, is such as did not take place before it became a law; for then Onan would have taken the advantage of it, and refused marrying his brother's wife, which it is plain was not agreeable to him, Genesis 38:9; as many do now on one account...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then the elders of his city shall call him,.... Require him to come, before them, and declare his resolution, and the reasons for it; recite this law to him, and explain the nature of it, and exhort him to comply with it, or show reason why he does not, at least to have his final resolution upon it: and speak unto him; talk with him upon this...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders,.... The time and place being appointed the evening before by three Rabbins, and two witnesses, as Leo of Modena says (p); of which she was apprized, and ordered to come tasting: and loose his shoe from off his foot; his right foot, which was thus done; "they bring him a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his name shall be called in Israel,.... Not his particular and personal name, but his family; for it seems that not only a mark of infamy was set upon him for refusing to marry his brother's widow, but upon his family also; the house of him that hath his shoe loosed; which, as Leo of Modena says (s), was repeated by her three times; and at...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When men strive together, one with another,.... Quarrel with one another, and come to blows, and strive for mastery, which shall beat, and be the best man: and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him; perceiving that his antagonist has more skill or strength, or both, for fighting, and is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then thou shall cut off her hand,.... Which was to be done not by the man that strove with her husband, or by any bystander, but by the civil magistrate or his order. This severity was used to deter women from such an immodest as well as injurious action, who on such an occasion are very passionate and inconsiderate. Our Lord is thought to refer...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,.... Or, "a stone and a stone" (y); it being usual, in those times and countries, to have their weights of stone, as it was formerly with us here; we still say, that such a commodity is worth so much per stone, a stone being of such a weight; now these were not to be different: a great and a small;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou shall not have in thine house divers, measures,.... Or, "an ephah and an ephah"; which was one sort of measure in use with the Jews, and held above a bushel; and is put for all others, which should be alike, and not a great and a small; one to buy with, and another to sell by, as before observed; which would be to cheat both seller and buyer...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[But] thou shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall thou have,.... That is, full weights, and full measures; and such as are alike, and everywhere used, according to the standard of the country; [See comments on Leviticus 19:36]; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee; long life...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For all that do such things,.... Keep, different weights and measures, and make use of them to defraud their neighbours in buying and selling: [and] all that do unrighteously; what is not just and right between man and man, in any other instance whatever: [are] an abomination unto the Lord thy God; both they and their actions; he is a righteous...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Remember what Amalek did unto thee,.... The Amalekites, how they came out against them, and fought with them at Rephidim, Exodus 17:8; by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; which was an aggravation of their cruel and inhuman action, that they not only came out against them unprovoked, were the aggressors, and fell upon them as they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
How he met thee by the way,.... Not with necessary provisions, food and drink, which would have been but a piece of kindness and humanity to travellers; but met them sword in hand, in order to stop their journey, and make them captives, at least to harass and distress them: and smote the hindmost of thee; came upon them in a sly cowardly manner,...