Deuteronomy 25:12

Then you shall cut off her hand, yours eye shall not pity her.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near in order to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets:

13You shall not have in your bag divers weights, a great and a small.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:2And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them:

Deuteronomy 19:13Yours eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

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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