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Deuteronomy 25:12

10 And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,

you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

13 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

14 You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
KJV
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
WEB
then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
ASV
then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.
DARBY
thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare.
BLB
then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall not pity [her].
ÅB
da skal du hugge hennes hånd av, du skal ikke spare henne.
OTB
skal du ta passende tiltak. Vis ingen mildhet.
B1930
da skal du hugge hennes hånd av, du skal ikke spare henne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 19:13

    You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:2

    and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

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  • Deuteronomy 19:21

    You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

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