XXV. Deuteronomy 25:1. HUMANITY IN PUNISHMENTS. (1) THEY SHALL JUSTIFY THE RIGHTEOUS, AND CONDEMN THE WICKED. — “I will not justify the wicked” (Exodus 23:7). “He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord” (Proverbs 17:15). It should be... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 25:5. LEVIRATE MARRIAGES. (5) IF BRETHREN DWELL TOGETHER. — This law is made the subject of a whole treatise in the Talmud, called _Yebâmôth._ The object of the law was held to be attained if the family of the dead man was perpetuated, and did not become extinct. And therefore the marri... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 25:13. JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. So Leviticus 19:35. Among the laws of moral holiness comes the law of just weights and measures. (16) AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD. — So in Proverbs 11:1, “a false balance is abomination to the Lord.” (See also Amos 8:4.) The protection of the poor is... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 25:17. AMALEK TO BE EXTERMINATED. At the end of all the precepts of humanity, the extermination of that people which is presented to us as the incarnation of inhumanity is decreed. (18) HE... SMOTE THE HINDMOST... — These details are not given in Exodus 17. Amalek’s attack follows the a... [ Continue Reading ]