Deuteronomy 25
Legacy Standard Bible
25 “(A)If there is a dispute between men and they go to court for judgment, and [a]the judges judge their case, (B)and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, 2 then it shall be if the wicked man [b](C)deserves to be struck, the judge shall then make him lie down and be struck in his presence with the number of stripes according to his [c]guilt. 3 (D)He may strike him forty times but no more, lest he strike him with many more stripes than these and your brother be (E)dishonored in your eyes.
4 “(F)You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.
5 “If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, then the wife of the one who died shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. (G)Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. 6 And it will be that the firstborn whom she bears shall [d]assume the name of his dead brother, so that (H)his name will not be blotted out from Israel. 7 (I)But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’ 8 Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he stands and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’ 9 (J)then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the sight of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and (K)spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’ 10 And in Israel his name shall be called, ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’
11 “If two men, a man and his brother, are struggling together, and the wife of one comes near to deliver her husband from the hand of the one who is striking him, and she puts out her hand and seizes his genitals, 12 then you shall cut off her [e]hand; [f](L)you shall not show pity.
13 “(M)You shall not have in your bag [g]differing weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house [h]differing measures, a large and a small. 15 You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just [i]measure, (N)that your days may be prolonged in the [j]land which Yahweh your God gives you. 16 For (O)everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly, is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
17 “(P)Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt, 18 how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear, but you were faint and weary; and he (Q)did not [k]fear God. 19 Therefore it will be, when Yahweh your God has given you (R)rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance to [l]possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 25:1 Lit they judge them
- Deuteronomy 25:2 Lit is a son of beating
- Deuteronomy 25:2 Or wickedness
- Deuteronomy 25:6 Lit stand on
- Deuteronomy 25:12 Lit palm
- Deuteronomy 25:12 Lit your eye
- Deuteronomy 25:13 Lit a stone and a stone
- Deuteronomy 25:14 Lit an ephah and an ephah
- Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit ephah
- Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit ground
- Deuteronomy 25:18 Or reverence
- Deuteronomy 25:19 Lit possess it
Deuteronomy 25
International Standard Version
Limitations on Punishment
25 “When there is a conflict between individuals, let them come to court to judge the case, decide who is innocent, and condemn the guilty person. 2 If the guilty person deserves a beating, the judge will make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes fit for his crime. 3 But he must not be beaten more than 40 lashes, because if he receives more than 40 lashes, your brother will be humiliated in your eyes.
4 “Don’t muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain.”
Levirate Marriage
5 “When two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law. 6 The firstborn whom she will bear will continue the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be erased from Israel. 7 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, then she[a] must go to the elders at the city gate and declare, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to perform the duty of a brother-in-law in order to preserve the name of his brother in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law.’ 8 Then the elders of the city are to summon him and speak with him. If he insists on saying, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’ 9 then she is to approach her brother-in-law in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and say in response, ‘May this be done to the man who does not preserve the lineage[b] of his brother.’ 10 Then his family name in Israel will be known as ‘the family of the one whose sandal was removed.’”
Limiting a Wife’s Defense
11 “If two men are fighting together, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the grasp of his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes his genitals, 12 you are to cut off her hand. Don’t show any pity.”
Honest Weights
13 “Don’t have different weights in your bag—one heavy and one light. 14 Don’t have different measuring devices in your house—one large and one small. 15 You must have honest weights and measuring devices,[c] so you may live long in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you, 16 for anyone who does these things—anyone who deals dishonestly—is detestable to the Lord your God.”
Annihilation of the Amalekites
17 “Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the road while you were coming out of Egypt, 18 how when you were very tired and weary, they lay in wait for you on the road and eliminated everyone who was lagging behind. They had no fear of God. 19 Therefore, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies who surround you in the land that he[d] is about to give you to possess as an inheritance, you must completely erase the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven. Don’t forget!”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 25:7 Lit. the brother’s wife
- Deuteronomy 25:9 Lit. house
- Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit. and an honest and fair device
- Deuteronomy 25:19 Lit. that the Lord your God
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