Deuteronomy 25:12

then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11'When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,

13'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:2and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them — thou dost utterly devote them — thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

Deuteronomy 19:13thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

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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