Deuteronomy 25:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 25 Judges must do justly, Deuteronomy 25:1,2. Stripes not to exceed forty, Deuteronomy 25:3. The threshing ox not to be muzzled, Deuteronomy 25:4. The duty of raising seed unto a brother, Deuteronomy 25:5-10. The punishment of an immodest woman, Deuteronomy 25:11,12. A just weight and measure, Deuteronomy 25:13-16. The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out, Deuteronomy 25:17-19. A controversy about criminal matters, as it follows. They shall justify, i.e. acquit him from guilt and false accusations, and free him from punishment. Condemn the wicked; declare him guilty, and pass sentence of condemnation to suitable punishments upon him.

Deuteronomy 25:1

1 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.