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Deuteronomy 25 — Sermon Preparation
Flogging is limited to forty stripes; an ox must not be muzzled while threshing; a man must marry his brother's widow — and if he refuses there is a public shaming rite; honest weights are required. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 25, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
- 260 / 127
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 25 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 6 | brother |
| יְבֵמֶת | Yᵉbêmeth | H2994 | 3 | sister-in-law |
| נָכָה | nâkâh | H5221 | 5 | strike |
| אֵיפָה | ʼêyphâh | H374 | 3 | ephah, measure |
| יָבָם | yâbâm | H2993 | 2 | brother-in-law |
| יָבַם | yâbam | H2992 | 2 | marry |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 4 | appellation, honor |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 Amalek, ver. 17, &c. Stripes Not to Exceed Forty. (b. c. 1451.) 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Deuteronomy 25:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Amalek— Deut 25:17
- Egypt— Deut 25:17
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