Deuteronomy 25
King James Version · 19 verses · 222 cross-references linking it to 137 other chapters
Explore Deuteronomy 25 in the interactive map- 1If 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.35 cross-references: Proverbs 17:15, Deuteronomy 17:8–9, Deuteronomy 1:16–17, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 32:1–2
- 2And 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.11 cross-references: Luke 12:47–48, Matthew 27:26, Acts 16:22–24, 1 Peter 2:24, Matthew 10:17
- 3Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.6 cross-references: Job 18:3, James 2:2–3, 2 Corinthians 11:24–25, Luke 15:30, Luke 18:9–12
- 4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.12 cross-references: 1 Timothy 5:17–18, 1 Corinthians 9:9–10, Proverbs 12:10, Hosea 10:11, Isaiah 28:27
- 5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her 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.19 cross-references: Matthew 22:24, Luke 20:28, Mark 12:19, Genesis 38:8–9, Ruth 1:12–13
- 6And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.11 cross-references: Deuteronomy 21:19, Ruth 4:10–12, Psalms 109:13, Deuteronomy 9:14, Psalms 9:5
- 7And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then 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.5 cross-references: Ruth 4:1–2, Ruth 4:5–6
- 8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;2 cross-references: Ruth 4:6
- 9Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose 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.17 cross-references: Ruth 4:7–8, Numbers 12:14, Mark 1:7, Ruth 4:10–11, John 1:27
- 10And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
- 11When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:3 cross-references: Romans 3:8, 1 Timothy 2:9
- 12Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.5 cross-references: Deuteronomy 19:13, Deuteronomy 19:21, Deuteronomy 7:2
- 13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.19 cross-references: Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Amos 8:5, Leviticus 19:35–37, Micah 6:11–12
- 14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
- 15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.15 cross-references: Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 4:40, Deuteronomy 17:20, 1 Peter 3:10, Deuteronomy 11:9
- 16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.13 cross-references: Proverbs 11:1, Revelation 21:27, Deuteronomy 22:5, Amos 8:5–7, Deuteronomy 18:12
- 17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;12 cross-references: Exodus 17:8–16, Numbers 25:17–18, Numbers 24:20
- 18How 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 feared not God.9 cross-references: Romans 3:18, Psalms 36:1, Proverbs 16:6, Nehemiah 5:9, Nehemiah 5:15
- 19Therefore it shall be, when 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.28 cross-references: Exodus 17:14, 1 Samuel 14:48, Exodus 17:16, Deuteronomy 9:14, 1 Chronicles 4:43
Explained connections
- Do not muzzle the ox
The law let a threshing ox eat as it worked. Paul argues from the lesser to the greater: those who labour in the gospel have a right to be supported — though he chose not to use it.
- The worker deserves his wages
Paul quotes the ox law again alongside Jesus' saying in Luke 10:7, calling both 'Scripture' — an early sign of Jesus' words carrying scriptural authority.
- Levirate marriage
The law required a man to marry his brother's widow to continue his line. The Sadducees use it to build a puzzle about the resurrection, which Jesus answers from Exodus 3.
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