Deuteronomy 25:1

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked,

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

In Context

2then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness, by number.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, tribe by tribe; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 17:9And thou shall come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days; and thou shalt inquire; and they shall declare unto thee the sentence of judgment.

2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: 'Ruler over men shall be the righteous, even he that ruleth in the fear of God,

Job 29:7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,

Psalms 82:2'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:1

Here is, I. A law to moderate the scourging of malefactors, ver. 1-3 . II. A law in favour of the ox that treads out the corn, ver. 4 . III. For the disgracing of him that refused to marry his brother's widow, ver. 5-10 . IV. For the punishment of an immodest woman, ver. 11, 12 . V. For just weights and measures, ver. 13-16 . VI. For the destroying of Amalek, ver. 17 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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