Deuteronomy 25:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; ”

• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35-36 ). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his p...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 25:1-3 . Another of Dt.'s humanitarian laws. Punishment by the bastinado among the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians was common (see Wilkinson- Birch, Ancient Egyptians , i. pp. 305, 308)...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Remember. Compare Exodus 17:8-16 . An event ordered to be written down, Amalek. Name of. man, put for his posterity, by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6.

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  17. Remember what Amalek did unto thee. We have elsewhere seen how the Amalekites were the first who made a hostile attack upon the people, and endeavored to interrupt their journey; and Mos...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; Remember what Amalek did ... how he met thee - i:e., stealthily and in hostile encounter. This cold-bloode...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Ordinances regarding the Infliction of Stripes, the Baising of Seed to a Brother, Modesty, and Fair Dealing 3. And not exceed ] In order to keep within the limit it was usual to inflict thirty-...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Deuteronomy 25:17-19 . AMALEK TO BE EXTERMINATED. At the end of all the precepts of humanity, the extermination of that people which is presented to us as the incarnation of inhumanity is decreed...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter is a continuation of the two previous ones in giving varied instructions. Punishments were to be righteously administered and were never to be excessive. It is interesting to notice wha...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  This short account of Amalek, and the punishment of that people, comes in very properly upon the close of the foregoing precepts; for it was both a just weight and just measure, that Israel should re...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Remember what Amalek did unto thee ,.... The Amalekites, how they came out against them, and fought with them at Rephidim, Exodus 17:8 ; by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt ; which w...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Out of Egypt Which circumstance greatly aggravated their sin, that they should do thus to a people who had been long exercised with sore afflictions, to whom pity was due by the laws of nature and...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY (vs.1-3) In the law courts the judges must mete out proper justice, yet not to exceed the limits of justice. If one was guilty of serious crime, it was right to have h...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Amalek to Be Destroyed. B. C. 1451.       13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Which circumstance greatly aggravates their sin, that they should do thus to a people, who had been long exercised with sore afflictions, to whom pity and help was due by the laws of nature and human...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Amalek To Be Punished For Their Guilt ( Deuteronomy 25:17-19 ). This sudden introduction of this curse on Amalek may seem to take us by surprise, but it in fact a closing echo of Deuteronomy 23:...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Critical Notes.—Corporal punishment . Controv. , dispute arising from inflicted injury. Justify pronounce just, Exodus 23:7 ; Proverbs 17:15 . Deuteronomy 25:2 . Lie down . “Precisely the same...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 25:5 . If brethren dwell together. Not in the same house, but near each other on the ancient lot of land which the family possessed; for Moses often speaks as though the people were al...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION LAWS RELATING TO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT , LEVIRATE MARRIAGES , AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . Deuteronomy 25:1-5 The first and second verses should be read as one se...

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Correct Weights and Measures

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 17:8-16 ; Numbers 24:20 ; Numbers 25:17 ; Numbers 25:18

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• Deuteronomy 25:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Out of Egypt — Which circumstance greatly aggravates their sin, that they should do thus to a people, who had been long exercised with sore afflictions, to whom pity was due by the laws of nature a...

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