Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Deuteronomy Chapter 25
Overview
Deu 25:1, Stripes must not exceed forty; Deu 25:4, The ox is not to be muzzled; Deu 25:5, Of raising seed unto a brother; Deu 25:11, Of the immodest woman; Deu 25:13, Of unjust weights and measures; Deu 25:17, The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out.
Deu 16:18-20, Deu 17:8, Deu 17:9, Deu 19:17-19; Exo 23:6, Exo 23:7; Sa2 23:3; Ch2 19:6-10; Job 29:7-17; Psa 58:1, Psa 58:2, Psa 82:2-4; Pro 17:15, Pro 31:8, Pro 31:9; Isa 1:17, Isa 1:23; Isa 5:23, Isa 11:4, Isa 32:1, Isa 32:2; Jer 21:12; Eze 44:24; Mic 3:1, Mic 3:2; Hab 1:4, Hab 1:13; Mal 3:18; Mat 3:10
Mat 10:17, Mat 27:26; Luk 12:47, Luk 12:48; Act 5:40, Act 16:22-24; Pe1 2:20, Pe1 2:24
not exceed: Co2 11:24, Co2 11:25
vile unto thee: That is, be beaten so cruelly, that, by retaining the marks, he become contemptible in the eyes of his brethren. Amendment, and not this, was the object of the punishment. We should hate and despise the sin, but not the sinner. Job 18:3; Luk 15:30, Luk 18:9-12; Jam 2:2, Jam 2:3
shalt not: In Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they made use of beeves to tread out the corn; and the same mode of threshing still obtains in Arabia, Barbary, and other eastern countries, to the present day. The sheaves lie open and expanded on the threshing floors, and the cattle continually move round them, and thus tread out the grain. The natives of Aleppo still religiously observe the ancient humane practice, inculcated by this law, of permitting the oxen to remain unmuzzled when treading out the corn.
muzzle: Pro 12:10; Co1 9:9, Co1 9:10; Ti1 5:17, Ti1 5:18
treadeth out: Heb. thresheth, Isa 28:27; Hos 10:11
brethren: Mat 22:24; Mar 12:19; Luk 20:28
husband's brother: or, next kinsman, Gen 38:8, Gen 38:9; Rut 1:12, Rut 1:13, Rut 3:9, Rut 4:5
the firstborn: Gen 28:8-10
that his name: Deu 9:14, Deu 29:20; Rut 4:10-12; Psa 9:5, Psa 109:13, brother's wife, or, next kinsman's wife, go up, Deu 21:19; Rut 4:1-7
I like not: Rut 4:6
loose his shoe: Pulling off the shoe seems to express his being degraded to the situation of slaves, who generally went barefoot; and spitting in or rather before (biphney) his face, was a mark of the utmost ignominy. Rut 4:7, Rut 4:8; Isa 20:2; Mar 1:7; Joh 1:27
spit: Num 12:14; Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; Mat 26:67, Mat 27:30; Mar 10:34
So shall: Gen 38:8-10; Rut 4:10, Rut 4:11; Sa1 2:30
to deliver her husband: Rom 3:8; Ti1 2:9
in thy bag: Lev 19:35, Lev 19:36; Pro 11:1, Pro 16:11, Pro 20:10; Eze 45:10, Eze 45:11; Amo 8:5; Mic 6:11, Mic 6:12
divers weights: Heb. a stone and a stone, Aivenwaaiven; because weights were anciently made of stone. Hence the expression, a stone weight, which is still in use, though the matter of which it is made be lead or iron, and the name itself shews us that a stone of a certain weight was formerly used.
divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah, Aiphah waaiphah; for this was the cost common measure among the Israelites, by which all the others were made and adjusted. They are not only forbidden to use divers weights and measures, one large or heavy to buy with, and another small and light to sell with, but they were not even allowed to keep such in the house. It is observable also, that these too common but dishonest actions are branded as "an abomination to the Lord," equally with idolatry, and other scandalous crimes. Deu 25:14
that thy days: Deu 4:40, Deu 5:16, Deu 5:33, Deu 6:18, Deu 11:9, Deu 17:20; Exo 20:12; Psa 34:12; Eph 6:3; Pe1 3:10
all that do: Deu 18:12, Deu 22:5; Pro 11:1, Pro 20:23; Amo 8:5-7; Co1 6:9-11; Th1 4:6; Rev 21:27
Exo 17:8-16; Num 24:20, Num 25:17, Num 25:18
feared: Neh 5:9, Neh 5:15; Psa 36:1; Pro 16:6; Rom 3:18
when the: Jos 23:1
thou shalt: Deu 9:14; Exo 17:14, Exo 17:16; Jos 6:3, Jos 7:12, Jos 7:22-25; Sa1 14:48, 15:1-35, Sa1 27:8; Sa1 30:1-7; Ch1 4:43; Est 3:1, Est 7:10, Est 9:7-10; Psa 83:7-17