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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 25:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 25:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Then thou shalt cut off [07112] her hand [03709], thine eye [05869] shall not pity [02347] her. |
| |
King James |
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This is the only mutilation prescribed by the Law of Moses, unless we except the retaliation prescribed as a punishment for the infliction on another of bodily injuries Lev 24:19-20. The act in question was probably not rare in the times and countries for which the Law of Moses was designed. It is of course to be understood that the act was willful, and that the prescribed punishment would be inflicted according to the sentence of the judges. |
19 And if a man [0376] cause [05414] a blemish [03971] in his neighbour [05997]; as he hath done [06213], so shall it be done [06213] to him;
20 Breach [07667] for breach [07667], eye [05869] for eye [05869], tooth [08127] for tooth [08127]: as he hath caused [05414] a blemish [03971] in a man [0120], so shall it be done [05414] to him again.