Deuteronomy 25:11
Context25:11 If two men 1 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 genitals, 2
Deuteronomy 32:39
Context32:39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, 3
“and there is no other god besides me.
I kill and give life,
I smash and I heal,
and none can resist 4 my power.


[25:11] 1 tn Heb “a man and his brother.”
[25:11] 2 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).
[32:39] 3 tn Verses 39-42 appear to be a quotation of the