Deuteronomy 25:11 & 12 –
<11> “If two Israelite men get into a fight and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man,<12> you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.”
Sometimes I just scratch my head at the “Law”! This chapter bounces all over the place by first mentioning court and punishment, then the next law talks about oxen. It’s almost like Moses is just writing whatever comes to mind. Not like I don’t drift from subject to subject sometimes in the same sentence, so I am one to talk there.
When churches preach OT Law still applies today, it always seems to mostly apply to tithing. When asked about parts that don’t make sense today you get different responses or no response. The most common misconception is Christ changed the Law and how we are to interpret it. But with that said I don’t believe the Jewish culture would cut off a women’s hand. At the same time one could argue they now adhere to the Law and this punishment is no longer needed.
There are positives and negatives to reading the Law without more history. If you don’t have context of the time some laws become odd and have us questioning our faith. This becomes a sticking point for many who try to “poo-poo” our religious beliefs. They say if the Bible was really from God, things like this would not exist. For me I don’t question my faith I wonder what the culture was like then to require something that today seems odd. To really learn the law, one must take time and dive in to study the history and the context. For now I just scratch my head at laws like this.