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

8The elders of the town will then summon him and talk with him. If he still refuses and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’ 9the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.’ Ever afterward in Israel his family will be referred to as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’! 11“If two Israelite men get into a fight and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man, 12you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

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