Deuteronomy 25:11 meaning and explanation
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,
Deuteronomy 25:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is addressing Israel in the plains of Moab before they enter Canaan, setting out case law for the community. Here he pictures two men brawling and a wife intervening for her husband by seizing the other man's genitals, an act that threatened his ability to father children and carried deep shame in a culture where family line mattered greatly.
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