Deuteronomy 25:11
If two men have words together, and one begin to fight against the other, and the other's wife willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of the stronger, shall put forth her hand, and take him by the secrets,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10And his name shall be called in Israel, the house of the unshod.
12Thou shalt cut off her hand, neither shalt thou be moved with any pity in her regard.
Cross References
Romans 3:8And not rather (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil, that there may come good? whose damnation is just.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:6-13
Marriage of a Brother's Wife. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 If 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 a husband's brother unto her. 6 And 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. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let… Read the whole commentary →