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Deuteronomy 25 · Grade 5

Just Weights and the Weak

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Deuteronomy 25 continues Moses' laws of justice. Judges must justify the righteous and condemn the wicked. Physical punishment was capped at forty stripes, lest your brother be degraded in your sight. Even a guilty person remained a brother whose dignity God protected.

The ox treading out grain must not be muzzled. Paul applies this to people: the worker deserves his wages (1 Corinthians 9:9; 1 Timothy 5:18). The law of levirate marriage required a brother to marry his childless brother's widow and raise up a name for the dead. Refusal brought public shame, the removal of a sandal. Boaz acted as a kinsman redeemer for Ruth, and through that line came David and Jesus.

Merchants must not carry two weights, one heavy and one light, for buying and selling dishonestly. God demands a perfect and just weight; all who deal unrighteously are an abomination to Him. The chapter closes by recalling Amalek, who attacked Israel's feeble stragglers and did not fear God. Israel was to blot out Amalek's memory, God's judgment on a nation that preyed on the weak.

Show What You Know

  1. How did the forty stripe limit protect dignity?

  2. How does Paul apply the ox law?

  3. What did levirate marriage require?

  4. What does God demand in business?

  5. Why was Amalek judged?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Do not ____ the ox.
  2. The widow pulled it off.
  3. The most stripes a judge could give.

Down

  1. They attacked the weak at the back.
  2. A perfect and just one.

Think About It

  1. How does the line from Ruth and Boaz to Jesus show God's care for widows and outsiders?

  2. Why does God hate dishonest scales so strongly?

Memory Verse

“You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”

Deuteronomy 25:15 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being fair. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where are you tempted to be a little dishonest, and how can you choose fairness?
  • Why should the strong protect the weak and weary?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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