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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 25:11

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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25:11-12 cut off her hand: The woman’s act would emasculate the man, depriving him of (or cutting off from him) any offspring. As with the previous law (25:9), the punishment fits the crime (lex talionis; see study note on 19:21).
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