Deuteronomy 25:12

וְקַצֹּתָה אֶת ־ כַּפָּהּ לֹא תָחוֹס עֵינֶֽךָ ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

In Context

11כִּֽי ־ יִנָּצוּ אֲנָשִׁים יַחְדָּו אִישׁ וְאָחִיו וְקָֽרְבָה אֵשֶׁת הָֽאֶחָד לְהַצִּיל אֶת ־ אִישָׁהּ מִיַּד מַכֵּהוּ וְשָׁלְחָה יָדָהּ וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו ׃

13לֹֽא ־ יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִֽיסְךָ אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּֽה ׃ ס

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:2וּנְתָנָם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ וְהִכִּיתָם הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִים אֹתָם לֹא ־ תִכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית וְלֹא תְחָנֵּֽם ׃

Deuteronomy 19:13לֹא ־ תָחוֹס עֵֽינְךָ עָלָיו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ דַֽם ־ הַנָּקִי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְטוֹב לָֽךְ ׃ ס

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 →

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