Deuteronomy 25 in the early church

136 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 25, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

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Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

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Deut 25:1Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:1–6Deuteronomy, lines 103–127 · Cyprianus Gallusallusion, high confidenceearly 5th cent.

Deuteronomy 25:3

He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

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Deut 25:3Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:3Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 811 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Deut 25:3Commentary on 2 Corinthians 11:24 · Ambrosiasterallusion, high confidenceca. 366–384

Deuteronomy 25:4

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

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Deut 25:4Miscellanies 2.18.94 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Deut 25:4Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:4Against Marcion 2.17 · Tertullianallusion, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:4Against Marcion 3.5 · Tertullianallusion, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:4Against Marcion 4.21 · Tertullianallusion, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:4Against Marcion 4.24 · Tertullianquotation, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:4Against Marcion 5.7 · Tertullianquotation, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:4Against Marcion 5.16 · Tertullianallusion, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:4On First Principles 2.4.2 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Deut 25:4On First Principles 4.2.6 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Deut 25:4Homilies on Joshua 9.8 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 25:4Homilies on Leviticus 9.8 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 25:4Against Celsus 2.3 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 248
Deut 25:4Against Celsus 4.49 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 248
Deut 25:4Apostolic Church Order 12 · Anonymousquotation, high confidenceca. 300
Deut 25:4Acta Archelai (Latin) 24 · Hegemoniusquotation, high confidenceearly to mid 4th century (Greek original)
Deut 25:4Tractates on the Psalms 118.1.5 · Hilary of Poitiersquotation, high confidenceca. 360–367
Deut 25:4Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9:9 · Ambrosiasterquotation, high confidenceca. 366–384
Deut 25:4Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:18 · Ambrosiasterquotation, high confidenceca. 366–384
Deut 25:4On Virginity 3 · Gregory of Nyssaallusion, high confidenceca. 370–371
Deut 25:4Letter 98.4 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Deut 25:4Letter 110.4 · Jeromeallusion, low confidenceca. 370–419
Deut 25:4Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 42.12.3 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, high confidence374-377
Deut 25:4Apostolic Constitutions 2.25.4 · Anonymousquotation, high confidenceca. 380
Deut 25:4Letter 73.4 · Augustine of Hippoecho, low confidenceca. 386–430
Deut 25:4Homilies on Matthew 30.2 · John Chrysostomquotation, high confidenceca. 390
Deut 25:4Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.59.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387-397
Deut 25:4Homily 0 · Gregory of Nyssaallusion, high confidenceca. 390–394
Deut 25:4Homily 7 · Gregory of Nyssaquotation, high confidenceca. 390–394
Deut 25:4Homily 15.1 on 1 Timothy · John Chrysostomquotation, high confidenceca. 392-397
Deut 25:4Homily 15.2 on 1 Timothy · John Chrysostomquotation, high confidenceca. 392-397
Deut 25:4Against Adimantus, a Disciple of Mani 14 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 394
Deut 25:4On Christian Doctrine 2.10 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidenceBooks 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
Deut 25:4Against Faustus the Manichaean 6.9 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:4On the Work of Monks 8 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidenceca. 400–401
Deut 25:4Tractates on the Gospel of John 10.7 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidenceca. 406–420
Deut 25:4The Conferences 14.7 · John Cassianecho, low confidenceca. 426–429

Deuteronomy 25:5

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

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Deut 25:5Arabic Pentateuch fragment IX (on Gen 38:10) · Hippolytus of Romeecho, medium confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:5Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:5–6Against Marcion 4.34 · Tertullianallusion, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:5–6Against Marcion 4.38 · Tertullianallusion, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Deut 25:5–6On Monogamy 7 · Tertullianallusion, high confidenceca. 210–217
Deut 25:5Letter to Aristides 2 · Julius Africanusallusion, high confidenceca. 220–240
Deut 25:5Letter to Aristides 3 · Julius Africanusallusion, medium confidenceca. 220–240
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 10.21 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 10.22 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 12.4 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 17.29 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 17.30 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 17.31 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Matthew 17.34 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:5Commentary on Romans 6.7 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Deut 25:5–6Church History 1.7.2 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, high confidenceca. 300–325
Deut 25:5–6Church History 1.7.9 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, high confidenceca. 300–325
Deut 25:5Book 4, lines 1–25 · Juvencusallusion, high confidenceca. 330
Deut 25:5–6Commentary on Matthew 1 · Hilary of Poitiersallusion, high confidenceca. 353–355
Deut 25:5Commentary on Galatians 5.3 · Marius Victorinusallusion, high confidenceca. 360–363
Deut 25:5–6Question 56, section 2 · Ambrosiasterallusion, high confidenceca. 370–384
Deut 25:5Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 14.3.1 · Epiphanius of Salamisallusion, high confidence374-377
Deut 25:5On the Christian Faith 3.10 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 378–380
Deut 25:5–6Letter 10, canons of the Roman synod to the bishops of Gaul, chapter 12 · Siricius, bishop of Romeallusion, high confidence385
Deut 25:5Exposition of Psalm 118 15.8.2 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 386-397
Deut 25:5Exposition of Psalm 118 21.14.1 · Ambroseallusion, medium confidenceca. 386-397
Deut 25:5Homilies on Matthew 48.3 · John Chrysostomallusion, high confidenceca. 390
Deut 25:5Homilies on Matthew 70.2 · John Chrysostomquotation, high confidenceca. 390
Deut 25:5Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.62.2 · Ambroseallusion, medium confidenceca. 387-397
Deut 25:5Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.64.1 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 387-397
Deut 25:5Sermon 51.29 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 391-430
Deut 25:5–6Sermon 380.8 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 391-430
Deut 25:5Letter 4.96 (to Martianus) · Isidore of Pelusiumallusion, high confidenceca. 393-ca. 435
Deut 25:5Against Faustus the Manichaean 14.1 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, low confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:5Against Faustus the Manichaean 14.13 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, low confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:5Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:5Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.10 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:5–6Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 132–133 · Anonymousallusion, high confidence5th century (disputed)
Deut 25:5On the Good of Marriage 27 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, low confidence401
Deut 25:5City of God 22.17 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidence413–426
Deut 25:5On the Good of Widowhood 10 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 414
Deut 25:5Questions on Leviticus 61 (on Lev 18:16) · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 419–420
Deut 25:5Retractations 2.7 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidence426-427
Deut 25:5Retractations 2.55 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidence426-427
Deut 25:5–10Part 1, chapter 25 · Quodvultdeus of Carthageallusion, low confidenceca. 445-450
Deut 25:5–10Part 2, chapter 24 · Quodvultdeus of Carthageallusion, high confidenceca. 445-450

Deuteronomy 25:6

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

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Deut 25:6Letter to Aristides 2 · Julius Africanusallusion, high confidenceca. 220–240
Deut 25:6Commentary on Matthew 17.31 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:6Homilies on Matthew 48.3 · John Chrysostomallusion, high confidenceca. 390
Deut 25:6Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.64.3 · Ambroseallusion, medium confidenceca. 387-397
Deut 25:6Sermon 51.29 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 391-430
Deut 25:6Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:6Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.10 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:6Questions on Leviticus 61 (on Lev 18:16) · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 419–420
Deut 25:6Retractations 2.12 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidence426-427

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

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Deut 25:7Commentary on Matthew 17.31 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:7Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:7Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.64.1 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 387-397
Deut 25:7Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:7–12Deuteronomy, lines 128–151 · Cyprianus Gallusallusion, high confidenceearly 5th cent.

Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

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Deut 25:8Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:8Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400

Deuteronomy 25:9

his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

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Deut 25:9Homilies on Exodus 12.3 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 25:9Homilies on Numbers 7.4 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 25:9Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 113 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Deut 25:9Commentary on Matthew 17.31 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:9Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:9–10To Quirinus 2.19 · Cyprian of Carthageallusion, high confidenceca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
Deut 25:9On the Blessings of the Patriarchs 22 · Ambroseallusion, medium confidenceca. 387-392
Deut 25:9Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.64.1 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 387-397
Deut 25:9Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:9Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.10 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 25:9On the Good of Widowhood 10 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 414

Deuteronomy 25:10

And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

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Deut 25:10Homilies on Exodus 12.3 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 25:10Commentary on Matthew 17.30 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:10Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 25:10Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 398–400

Deuteronomy 25:11

If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,

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Deut 25:11Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:11Commentary on Matthew 15.3 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248

Deuteronomy 25:12

you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

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Deut 25:12Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:12Commentary on Matthew 15.3 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248

Deuteronomy 25:13

You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

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Deut 25:13Exhortation to the Greeks 6.69 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Deut 25:13Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 25:13Preparation for the Gospel 8.7.8 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, medium confidenceca. 313–324
Deut 25:13Preparation for the Gospel 8.8.49 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, medium confidenceca. 313–324
Deut 25:13–16On Saint Athanasius 1.8 · Lucifer of Cagliariquotation, high confidenceca. 356–361
Deut 25:13–15Against the Manichees, Greek continuation of book 3, Lagarde p. 89 · Titus of Bostraquotation, high confidenceca. 360s
Deut 25:13–15Oration 14.24 · Gregory of Nazianzusecho, low confidenceca. 362–383
Deut 25:13–15Oration 16.19 · Gregory of Nazianzusallusion, medium confidenceca. 362–383

Deuteronomy 25:14

You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

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Deut 25:14Exhortation to the Greeks 6.69 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200

Deuteronomy 25:15

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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Deut 25:15Exhortation to the Greeks 6.69 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200

Deuteronomy 25:16

For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

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Deut 25:16Apostolic Constitutions 4.6.5 · Anonymousallusion, low confidenceca. 380

Deuteronomy 25:17

Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

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Deut 25:17–18Homilies on Numbers 19.1 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)