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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 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

25 1-3 “If a man is guilty of a crime and the penalty is a beating, the judge shall command him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with up to forty stripes in proportion to the seriousness of the crime; but no more than forty stripes may be given lest the punishment seem too severe, and your brother be degraded in your eyes.

“Don’t muzzle an ox as it treads out the grain.

“If a man’s brother dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family; instead, her husband’s brother must marry her and sleep with her. The first son she bears to him shall be counted as the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten. But if the dead man’s brother refuses to do his duty in this matter, refusing to marry the widow, then she shall go to the city elders and say to them, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to let his brother’s name continue—he refuses to marry me.’ The elders of the city will then summon him and talk it over with him, and if he still refuses, the widow shall walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She shall then say, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to build his brother’s house.’ 10 And ever afterwards his house shall be referred to as ‘the home of the man who had his sandal pulled off’!

11 “If two men are fighting and the wife of one intervenes to help her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man, 12 her hand shall be cut off without pity.

13-15 “In all your transactions you must use accurate scales and honest measurements, so that you will have a long, good life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 16 All who cheat with unjust weights and measurements are detestable to the Lord your God.

17 “You must never forget what the people of Amalek did to you as you came from Egypt. 18 Remember that they fought with you and struck down those who were faint and weary and lagging behind, with no respect or fear of God. 19 Therefore, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the Promised Land, you are utterly to destroy the name of Amalek from under heaven. Never forget this.