1 »Si un hombre es declarado culpable de un delito 2 y se le condena a ser azotado, el juez ordenará que se acueste en tierra y sea azotado en su presencia en proporción a la gravedad de su delito. 3 Pero no debe dársele más de cuarenta azotes, porque el castigo podría ser demasiado severo y tu hermano podría verse degradado ante ti. 4 »No le pondrás bozal al buey que trilla. 5 »Si el hermano de un hombre muere sin tener hijos, la viuda no podrá casarse fuera de la familia. El hermano del marido deberá casarse con ella y darle descendencia. 6 El primer hijo que ella le dé será considerado hijo del hermano muerto, a fin de que su nombre no sea olvidado. 7 Pero si el hermano del muerto no quiere cumplir su deber en este asunto y se niega a casarse con la viuda, ella irá a la ciudad donde deliberan los ancianos de la ciudad y les dirá: “Mi cuñado no quiere hacer que continúe el nombre de su hermano. No quiere casarse conmigo”. 8 Los ancianos de la ciudad lo llamarán y tratarán de convencerlo, y si aún se niega, 9 la viuda se acercará a él en presencia de los ancianos, le sacará la sandalia del pie y le escupirá en el rostro. Entonces ella dirá: “Esto es lo que le ocurre a un hombre que se niega a dejar descendencia a su hermano”. 10 De allí en adelante, el nombre de la casa de ese hombre será “casa del descalzo”. 11 »Si dos hombres riñen y la esposa de uno de ellos interviene para ayudar a su marido y toma al otro por los testículos, 12 se le cortará la mano a la mujer inmediatamente y sin misericordia: 13 »En todos tus negocios debes usar balanza y medida exactas para que tengas una vida larga y buena en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da. 16 Todo aquel que engaña con pesas y medidas injustas es detestable delante del Señor tu Dios. 17 »No debes olvidar lo que el pueblo de Amalec te hizo cuando saliste de Egipto. 18 Recuerda que ellos pelearon contra ti y atacaron a los que estaban agotados y cansados en la retaguardia, sin respeto ni temor del Señor. 19 Por lo tanto, cuando el Señor tu Dios te haya dado reposo de todos tus enemigos en la Tierra prometida, deberás destruir completamente al nombre de Amalec de debajo del cielo. Jamás olvides esto.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (15)
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- 1 Proverbs 17:15; Deuteronomy 1:16–17; Deuteronomy 17:8–9; Deuteronomy 19:17–19; Malachi 3:18
- 2 Luke 12:47–48; 1 Peter 2:20; Matthew 10:17; 1 Peter 2:24; Acts 5:40
- 3 Job 18:3; James 2:2–3; 2 Corinthians 11:24–25; Luke 15:30; Luke 18:9–12
- 4 1 Timothy 5:17–18; 1 Corinthians 9:9–10; Proverbs 12:10; Hosea 10:11; Isaiah 28:27
- 5 Luke 20:28; Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19; Genesis 38:8–9; Ruth 1:12–13
- 6 Deuteronomy 21:19; Psalm 109:13; Psalm 9:5; Genesis 28:8–10; Ruth 4:1–7
- 7 Ruth 4:1–2; Ruth 4:5–6
- 8 Ruth 4:6
- 9 Ruth 4:7–8; Numbers 12:14; Isaiah 20:2; Isaiah 50:6; Mark 10:34
- 12 Deuteronomy 19:13; Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 19:21
- 13 Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35–37; Amos 8:5; Ezekiel 45:10–11
- 16 Proverbs 11:1; Revelation 21:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Deuteronomy 22:5; Deuteronomy 18:12
- 17 Exodus 17:8–16; Numbers 25:17–18; Numbers 24:20
- 18 Psalm 36:1; Romans 3:18; Nehemiah 5:15; Proverbs 16:6; Nehemiah 5:9
- 19 Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 9:14; 1 Samuel 14:48; Exodus 17:16; Psalm 83:7–17
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And even if we were born from the brother of Him that is dead, yet are we named after the name of Him who is dead. We were begotten by the one, but begotten to the other.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… illustrations from common things, and had said, "Who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk thereof?" then he brings in the Scriptures also, saying, "It is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn;" and again, "Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the gospel should …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
One ought also to observe this, that the law was that when a man died without seed, this man's brother should take to wife the wife of the dead man and raise up seed to his brother.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
The Apostle hath said, that of the preachers of the Gospel must be understood that which hath been written, "Of the ox treading out corn the mouth thou shalt not muzzle. Doth God care for oxen?" Therefore great are those rams, great the oxen.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The wife of him that died childless was to be given to his brother. For since death was an incurable ill, and all was contrived for life's sake; He makes a law that the living brother should marry her, and should call the child that is born by the name of the dead, so that his house should not utterly …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)