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Deuteronomy 25

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1 Suppose two men don't agree about something. Then they must take their case to court. The judges will decide the case. They will let the one who isn't guilty go free. And they will punish the one who is guilty.
1 When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
2 The guilty one might have done something that's worthy of a beating. Then the judge will make him lie down and be beaten with a whip right there in court. The number of strokes should fit the crime.
2 If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves,
3 But the judge must not give the guilty man more than 40 strokes. If more than that are used, you will look down on your Israelite neighbor.
3 but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.
4 Don't stop an ox from eating while you use it to separate grain from straw.
4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
5 Suppose two brothers are living near each other. And one of them dies without having a son. Then his widow must not get married to anyone outside the family. Her husband's brother should marry her. That's what a brother-in-law is supposed to do.
5 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.
6 Her first baby boy will be named after her first husband. Then the dead man's name will not be wiped out in Israel.
6 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.
7 But suppose the man doesn't want to get married to his brother's wife. Then she will go to the elders at the gate of the town. She will say, "My husband's brother refuses to keep his brother's name alive in Israel. He won't do for me what a brother-in-law is supposed to do."
7 However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate 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.”
8 Then the elders in his town will send for him. They will talk to him. But he still might say, "I don't want to marry her."
8 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,”
9 Then his brother's widow will go up to him in front of the elders. She'll pull one of his sandals off his foot. She'll spit in his face. And she'll say, "That's what we do to a man who won't build up his brother's family line."
9 his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.”
10 That man's family line will be known in Israel as The Family of the Man Whose Sandal Was Pulled Off.
10 That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
11 Suppose two men are fighting. And the wife of one of them comes to save her husband from his attacker. So she reaches out and grabs hold of his sex organs.
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 Then you must cut off her hand. Don't feel sorry for her.
12 you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.
13 Don't have two different scales. You must not have one that weighs things heavier than they really are and another that weighs them lighter than they are.
13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.
14 And don't have two different sets of measures. You must not have one set that measures things larger than they really are and another that measures them smaller than they are.
14 Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small.
15 You must use weights and measures that are honest and exact. Then you will live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
16 He hates anyone who cheats.
16 For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your way out of Egypt.
17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.
18 You were tired and worn out. They met you on your journey. They attacked everyone who was lagging behind. They didn't have any respect for God.
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.
19 The LORD your God will give you peace and rest from all of the enemies who are around you. He'll do it in the land he's giving you to take over as your very own. Then you will wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from the earth. Don't forget to do it!
19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
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