Deuteronomy 25:10

Deuteronomy 25:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
• New International Version (NIV)That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the name of his house shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal removed.’

Context of Deuteronomy 25:10

8Then the elders of his city will summon him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to marry her,’ 9then his brother’s widow shall approach him in the presence of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, ‘So it is done to that man who does not build up his brother’s household.’ In Israel his [family] name shall be, ‘The house of him whose sandal was removed.’ 11“If [two] men, a man and his countryman, are fighting and the wife of one approaches to rescue her husband from the man who is striking him, and she reaches out with her hand and grabs the aggressor’s genitals, 12then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity [for her].

Deuteronomy 25:10 word by word

וְנִקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בֵּ֖ית חֲל֥וּץ הַנָּֽעַל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• shall be calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• The houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of him that hath his shoeנַ֫עַלna‛al na‛ălâh · sandalH5275
• loosedחָלַץchâlats · to rescueH2502

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 The law of levirate marriage. The law on this subject is not unique to the Jews, but is found (see Genesis 38:8) in all essential respects the same among various Oriental nations, ancient and modern. The rules in these verses, like those upon divorce, do but incorporate existing immemorial usages, and introduce various wise and politic limitations and mitigations of them. The root of the obligation here imposed upon the brother of the deceased…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10his family name in Israel will be called: If a man refused to preserve his brother’s name, people would speak about his family with shame. His household would be known in a negative way because he did not fulfill his duty.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-105-10. the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother ... shall take her to him to wife--This usage existed before the age of Moses (Ge 38:8). But the Mosaic law rendered the custom obligatory (Mt 22:25) on younger brothers, or the nearest kinsman, to marry the widow (Ru 4:4), by associating the natural desire of perpetuating a brother's name with the preservation of property in the Hebrew families and tribes. If the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 25:10

• Brother
• Inheritance
• Marriage
• Widow

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings