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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, 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. (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.

(F)You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.

“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. 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. (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.’ 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,’ (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

  1. Deuteronomy 25:1 Lit they judge them
  2. Deuteronomy 25:2 Lit is a son of beating
  3. Deuteronomy 25:2 Or wickedness
  4. Deuteronomy 25:6 Lit stand on
  5. Deuteronomy 25:12 Lit palm
  6. Deuteronomy 25:12 Lit your eye
  7. Deuteronomy 25:13 Lit a stone and a stone
  8. Deuteronomy 25:14 Lit an ephah and an ephah
  9. Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit ephah
  10. Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit ground
  11. Deuteronomy 25:18 Or reverence
  12. Deuteronomy 25:19 Lit possess it

25 When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges(A) will decide the case,(B) acquitting(C) the innocent and condemning the guilty.(D) If the guilty person deserves to be beaten,(E) the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves, but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes.(F) If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.(G)

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.(H)

If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.(I) The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.(J)

However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife,(K) she shall go to the elders at the town gate(L) and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”(M) Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,” his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals,(N) spit in his face(O) and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.” 10 That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.

11 If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, 12 you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.(P)

13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.(Q) 14 Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long(R) in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.(S)

17 Remember what the Amalekites(T) did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. 18 When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.(U) 19 When the Lord your God gives you rest(V) from all the enemies(W) around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek(X) from under heaven. Do not forget!