Deuteronomy 25:11-19

Miscellaneous Laws

11 "When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts,

12 then you shall cut off her hand. ¹Your eye shall have no pity.

13 "You ²shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.

14 You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small.

15 A full and fair^[a] weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, ³that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

16 For ⁴all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, ⁵are an abomination to the LORD your God.

17 ⁶"Remember what Amalek did to you ⁷on the way as you came out of Egypt,

18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and ⁸cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God.

19 Therefore ⁹when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall ¹⁰blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.

Deuteronomy 25:11-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 25

Several laws are contained in this chapter, as concerning beating such whose crimes required it, De 25:1-3; of not muzzling the ox in treading out the corn, De 25:4; of marrying a deceased brother's wife, when there was no issue, and of the disgrace of such that refused it, De 25:5-10; of the punishment of an immodest woman, De 25:11,12; and against bad weights and measures, De 25:13-16; and for the utter destruction of Amalek, De 25:17-19.

Cross References

• 1. See Deuteronomy 7:16
• 2. Leviticus 19:35, 36; [Proverbs 16:11; Ezekiel 45:10; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11]
• 3. See Deuteronomy 4:40
• 4. Proverbs 11:1
• 5. Deuteronomy 18:12; Deuteronomy 22:5
• 6. Exodus 17:8
• 7. Deuteronomy 24:9
• 8. [Joshua 10:19]
• 9. [1 Samuel 15:2, 3]
• 10. See Exodus 17:8-14

Footnotes

• [a]. Or just, or righteous; twice in this verse