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25 “如果人與人之間有爭訟的事,就上法庭去;審判官審判他們的時候,要定義人有理,定惡人有罪; 如果有罪的人應受責打,審判官就要叫他伏下,當面按著他的罪,照著數目責打他。 只可打他四十下,不可再多;恐怕你多打了他,過了這數目,你的兄弟就在你眼前受辱了。

“牛在踹穀的時候,不可籠住牠的嘴。

兄弟可代兄弟傳宗接代

“兄弟住在一起,他們中間如果有一個死了,沒有留下兒子,死者的妻子就不可出嫁外人;她丈夫的兄弟要向她盡兄弟的本分,娶她為妻,和她同房。 她所生的長子要歸亡兄的名下,免得他的名字從以色列中被塗抹了。 那人如果不喜歡娶他兄弟的妻子,他兄弟的妻子就要到城門去見長老,說:‘我丈夫的兄弟不肯在以色列中為自己的哥哥立名,不肯對我盡兄弟的本分。’ 本城的長老就要把那人叫來,對他說明;如果他堅持說:‘我不樂意娶她’, 他哥哥的妻子就要當著長老的面前,走到那人跟前,脫去他腳上的鞋子,吐唾沫在他的臉上,說:‘那不為自己哥哥建立家室的,人人都要這樣對待他。’ 10 從此,在以色列中他的名字(“他的名字”或譯:“他的家的名字”)必稱為‘脫鞋者之家’。

其他條例

11 “有兩個人在一起打鬥,如果其中一人的妻子走前來,要救她的丈夫脫離那打她丈夫的人的手,就伸手抓住那人的下體, 12 你就要砍掉那婦人的手;你的眼不可顧惜。

13 “你袋裡不可有兩樣不同的法碼,一大一小; 14 你家裡不可有兩樣不同的升斗,一大一小。 15 你要有準確公正的法碼,你要有準確公正的升斗,好使你在耶和華你的 神賜給你的地上,得享長壽。 16 因為所有行這些事的,就是行不義的事的,都是耶和華你的 神厭惡的。

滅絕亞瑪力人的命令

17 “你要記住你們出了埃及以後,亞瑪力人在路上怎樣對待你; 18 怎樣在路上遇見了你,趁你疲倦困乏的時候,攻擊你後方所有軟弱無力的人,並不敬畏 神。 19 所以耶和華你的 神使你脫離四圍所有的仇敵,在耶和華你的 神賜給你作產業的地上,得享太平的時候,你務要把亞瑪力這名號從天下塗抹,不可忘記。”

25 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

19 Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

25 “If there is a (A)dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, (B)acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. (C)Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.

(D)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage

(E)“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her (F)husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that (G)his name may not be blotted out of Israel. And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall (H)go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.’ Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, (I)‘I do not wish to take her,’ then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and (J)pull his sandal off his foot and (K)spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not (L)build up his brother's house.’ 10 And the name of his house[a] shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.’

Miscellaneous Laws

11 “When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, 12 then you shall cut off her hand. (M)Your eye shall have no pity.

13 “You (N)shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. 15 A full and fair[b] weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, (O)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For (P)all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, (Q)are an abomination to the Lord your God.

17 (R)“Remember what Amalek did to you (S)on the way as you came out of Egypt, 18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and (T)cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. 19 Therefore (U)when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall (V)blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:10 Hebrew its name
  2. Deuteronomy 25:15 Or just, or righteous; twice in this verse