Deuteronomy 25

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“If there is a ^adispute between men, and they come to ¹court, that the judges may judge them, and they ^bjustify the righteous and condemn the wicked, 2 then it shall be, if the wicked man ^adeserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down ^band be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. 3 ^aForty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother ^bbe humiliated in your sight.
4 ^a“You shall not muzzle an ox while it ¹treads out the grain.

Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother

5 ^a“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. 6 And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears ^awill succeed to the name of his dead brother, that ^bhis name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7 But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the ^agate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’ 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, ^a‘I do not want to take her,’ 9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, ^aremove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not ^bbuild up his brother’s house.’ 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal removed.’

Miscellaneous Laws

11 “If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals, 12 then you shall cut off her hand; ^ayour eye shall not pity her.
13 ^a“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, ^athat your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For ^aall who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are ¹an abomination to the Lord your God.

Destroy the Amalekites

17 ^a“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18 how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he ^adid not fear God. 19 Therefore it shall be, ^awhen the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will ^bblot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.

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