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"If there is a
dispute between men and they
go to
court, and the
judges decide their case, and they
justify the
righteous and
condemn the
wicked,
j'P.viM;h -l,a .Wv.Gin.w ~yiv'n]a !yeB byir h,y.hIy -yiK ? .W[yiv.rih.w qyiD;C;h -t,a .WqyiD.cih.w ~.Wj'p.v.W ? ['v'r'h -t,a
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then it shall be
if the
wicked man deserves to be
beaten, the
judge shall then make him
lie down and be
beaten in his
presence with the
number of stripes
according to his
guilt.
jep{V;h w{lyiPih.w ['v'r'h tw{K;h !iB -mia h'y'h.w ? r'P.sim.B w{t'[.vir yed.K wy'n'p.l .Wh'Kih.w
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"He may
beat him
forty times but
no more,
so that he does not
beat him with
many more stripes than these and your
brother is not
degraded in your
eyes.
w{t{K;h.l @yis{y -n,P @yis{y a{l .WN,K;y ~yi['B.r;a ? '$y,nye[.l '$yix'a h'l.qin.w h'B;r h'K;m h,Lea -l;[
4
"You shall not
muzzle the
ox while he is
threshing.
w{vyid.B rw{v ~{s.x;t -a{l
5
"When brothers live together and
one of them
dies and
has no son, the
wife of the
deceased shall not be married
outside the family to a
strange man. 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.
~,hem d;x;a tem.W w'D.x;y ~yix;a .Wb.vey -yiK ? h'c.Wx;h teM;h -t,vea h,y.hit -a{l w{l -nyea !eb.W ? w{l H'x'q.l.W 'hy,l'[ a{b'y H'm'b.y r'z vyia.l ? H'm.BIy.w h'Via.l
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"It shall be that the
firstborn whom she
bears shall
assume the
name of his
dead brother, so that his
name will not be
blotted out from
Israel.
~ev -l;[ ~.Wq'y deleT r,v]a rw{k.B;h h'y'h.w ? lea'r.fiYim w{m.v h,x'MIy -a{l.w teM;h wyix'a
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"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
establish a
name for his
brother in
Israel; he is not
willing to
perform the
duty of a
husband's brother to me.'
w{T.mib.y -t,a t;x;q'l vyia'h #{P.x;y a{l -mia.w ? h'r.m'a.w ~yineq.Z;h -l,a h'r.[;V;h w{T.mib.y h't.l'[.w ? lea'r.fIy.B ~ev wyix'a.l ~yiq'h.l yim'b.y !yeaem ? yim.B;y h'b'a a{l
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"Then the
elders of his
city shall
summon him and
speak to him. And if he
persists and
says, 'I do not
desire to
take her,'
wy'lea .Wr.Bid.w w{ryi[ -yen.qiz w{l -.Wa.r'q.w ? H'T.x;q.l yiT.c;p'x a{l r;m'a.w d;m'[.w
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then his
brother's wife shall
come to him in the
sight of the
elders, and
pull his
sandal off * his
foot and
spit in his
face; and she shall
declare *,
'Thus it is
done to the
man who does not
build up his
brother's house.'
h'c.l'x.w ~yineq.Z;h yenye[.l wy'lea w{T.mib.y h'v.Gin.w ? h't.n'[.w wy'n'p.B h'q.r'y.w w{l.g;r l;[em w{l][;n ? h,n.bIy -a{l r,v]a vyia'l h,f'[ey h'k'K h'r.m'a.w ? wyix'a tyeB -t,a
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"In
Israel his
name shall be
called, 'The
house of him whose
sandal is
removed.'
l;['N;h #.Wl]x tyeB lea'r.fIy.B w{m.v a'r.qin.w
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"If two
men, a
man and his
countryman, 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
puts out her
hand and
seizes his
genitals,
h'b.r'q.w wyix'a.w vyia w'D.x;y ~yiv'n]a .Wc'NIy -yiK ? .WheK;m d;Yim H'Vyia -t,a lyiC;h.l d'x,a'h t,vea ? wy'vUb.miB h'qyiz/x,h.w H'd'y h'x.l'v.w
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then you shall
cut off her
hand; you shall not
show pity.
'$,nye[ sw{x't a{l H'P;K -t,a h't{C;q.w
13
"You shall not
have in your
bag differing weights, a
large and a
small.
h'lw{d.G !,b'a'w !,b,a '$.syik.B '$.l h,y.hIy -a{l ? h'N;j.q.W
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"You shall not
have in your
house differing measures, a
large and a
small.
h'lw{d.G h'pyea.w h'pyea '$.tyeb.B '$.l h,y.hIy -a{l ? h'N;j.q.W
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"You shall
have a
full and
just weight; you shall
have a
full and
just measure, that your
days may be
prolonged in the
land which the
LORD your
God gives you.
h'mel.v h'pyea .$'L -h,y.hIy q,d,c'w h'mel.v !,b,a ? '$y,m'y .Wkyir]a;y !;[;m.l .$'L -h,y.hIy q,d,c'w ? .$'l !et{n '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y -r,v]a h'm'd]a'h l;[
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"For
everyone who does these things,
everyone who
acts unjustly is an
abomination to the
LORD your
God.
h,Lea hef{[ -l'K '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y t;b][w{t yiK ? l,w'[ hef{[ l{K
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"Remember what Amalek did to you along the
way when you
came out from
Egypt,
~,k.taec.B .$,r,D;B qel'm][ '$.l h'f'[ -r,v]a tea rw{k'z ? ~Iy'r.ciMim
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how he
met you along the
way and
attacked among you
all the
stragglers at your
rear when you were
faint and
weary; and he did not
fear God.
~yil'v/x,N;h -l'K '$.B beN;z.y;w .$,r,D;B '$.r'q r,v]a ? ~yih{l/a aer'y a{l.w ;[eg'y.w @ey'[ h'T;a.w ]'ky,r;x;a
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"Therefore it shall
come about when the
LORD your
God has
given you
rest from
all your
surrounding enemies, in the
land which the
LORD your
God gives you as an
inheritance to
possess, you shall
blot out the
memory of
Amalek from
under heaven; you must not
forget.
'$y,b.y{a -l'Kim '$.l '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y ;xyin'h.B h'y'h.w ? !et{n '$y,h{l/a -h'wh.y r,v]a #,r'a'B byib'Sim ? qel'm][ r,kez -t,a h,x.miT H'T.vir.l h'l]x;n '$.l ? x'K.viT a{l ~Iy'm'V;h t;x;Tim