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Deuteronomy 25:11-12
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 25:11-12
New English Translation
11 If two men[a] get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his private parts,[b] 12 then you must cut off her hand—do not pity her.
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- Deuteronomy 25:11 tn Heb “a man and his brother.”
- Deuteronomy 25:11 tn Heb “shameful parts.” Besides the inherent indelicacy of what she has done, the woman has also threatened the progenitive capacity of the injured man. The level of specificity given this term in modern translations varies: “private parts” (NAB, NIV, CEV); “genitals” (NASB, NRSV, TEV); “sex organs” (NCV); “testicles” (NLT).
Deuteronomy 25:11-12
Lexham English Bible
Deuteronomy 25:11-12
Lexham English Bible
11 “If a man and his brother fight each other and the wife of the one man comes near to rescue her husband from the hand of his attacker and she stretches out her hand and she seizes his genitals, 12 then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not take pity.
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