My friend at school showed me this Bible verse and was laughing and making fun of the Bible for it and saying it was ridiculous, what does it mean?

[Anonymous]

"A wife who intervenes in a fight to save her husband by grabbing his opponent’s testicles is punished by having her hand cut off (Deut 25:11–12)."

I need to be able to explain to her the meaning behind this.

[Guy13]

It is a lineage reference in that if a woman damages a man's nads in a way that he can not reproduce then the penalty is upon her. There is no record anywhere of Jewish Torah or secular history of this being enforced. The woman also needs lineage to confirm success as the man/woman were created to reproduce, spread, and take dominion over the Earth (Genghis). The Genesis mandate from God led to creation of this law. It is a protective measure designed to keep God's law in Genesis. Find the Genesis verse to explain purpose to her. It is a natural chain of protective events.

[Anonymous]

What’s to understand?

If two guys are fighting let them fight and stay out of the way, and if you do help you don’t need to be grabbing some guy’s balls.

By grabbing his cock and balls and damaging them, it may be that he can no longer father children.

So much for his off-spring and his line continuing. All because two guys got into a fist-fight and some bitch jumped in and grabbed some guys nuts.

So yes, chopping her hand off would be a good deterrent to this behavior.

[jshm2]

These days it would be the wife getting jail for common assault for doing that.

You should laugh at your immature friend. Tell him he's in school and should take advantage of that by actually getting an education. McDonalds is always hiring, otherwise.

[standardguy]

This is a translation error. the right translation is "shave her pubic region in public".

Literal source:

"You shall cut off her... palm? A Reexamination of Deuteronomy 25:11-12" in Journal of Semitic Studies XLIX Spring 2004, The University of Manchester 2004, page 47-58

[Havthrills]

Lots of odd things in the Bible. Basically, a guy is arguing with another guy. The wife cannot stop it by grabbing the other guys balls. If she grabs a guy's junk (balls, reproductive area) then her hand should be cut off.

[boggboss]

Seems self explanatory with it being a old testament book

[Anonymous]

Grabbing another guy's junk is no bueno.