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Deuteronomy 25:11 Cross-References
Explore 2 cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 25 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Honest Weights and Measures
“When 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:”
Deuteronomy 25:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:11
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband—describing a wife intervening in a fight to protect her husband. And putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets—the Hebrew machazah bim-bushaiv (הֶחֱזִיקָה בִּמְבֻשָׁיו) literally means 'seizes his shameful parts,' referring to grabbing the genitals of her husband's attacker. This was both extreme violation of modesty and tactical assault aimed at causing pain and humiliation.The specificity of this law suggests it addressed an actual problem, not hypothetical cases. Grabbing g...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Deuteronomy 25:11
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