Deu 25 | ABEn | STEP | And if there be a dispute between men, and they should come forward for judgment, and they should judge, and should do justice for the just, and should condemn the impious;

‏ Deuteronomy 25

CHAPTER 25 Social and Marital Laws

1 And if there be a dispute between men, and they should come forward for judgment, and they should judge, and should do justice for the just, and should condemn the impious; 2 then it will be if [⁴worthy ³might be ⁵of strokes ¹the ²one being impious], they shall sit him before the judges, and they shall whip him before them according to his impiety. 3 [⁴in number ³forty stripes ¹They shall whip ²him], they shall not add more; but if he should add to whip him above these, by the strokes being more you shall be disgraced of your brother before you. 4 You shall not muzzle an ox threshing. 5 And if [²should dwell ¹brethren] in the same place, and [⁴should die ¹one ²of ³them], [⁴seed ¹and ²there might not ³be] to him, [⁵shall not be ¹the ²wife ³of the one ⁴having died] outside the husband's family not near. The brother of her husband shall enter to her, and he shall take her to himself as wife, and he shall live with her. 6 And it will be, that the male child, who ever she should give birth to, shall be ordained from the name of the one coming to an end, and [²shall not ³be wiped away ¹his name] from out of Israel. 7 But if [³does not ⁴want ¹the ²man] to take the wife of his brother; then [³shall ascend ¹the ²woman] unto the gate to the council of elders, and shall say, [⁴does not ⁵want ¹The ²brother ³of my husband] to raise up the name of his brother in Israel -- [⁴does not ⁵want to ¹the ²brother ³of my husband]. 8 And [⁴shall call ⁵him ¹the ²council of elders ³of that city], and they shall speak to him. And standing, should he say, I am not willing to take her; 9 then [⁴coming forward ¹the ²wife ³of his brother] to him, before the council of elders, then shall untie his sandal, the one from his foot, and shall spit into his face; and responding she shall say, Thus shall they do to the man who shall not build the house of his brother. 10 And [²shall be called ¹his name] in Israel, House of the Untied Sandal. 11 And if [³should do combat ¹two ²men] at the same time -- a man against his brother; and should come forward the wife of one of them to rescue her husband from out of the hand of the one beating him, and stretching out her hand should take hold of his twins, 12 you shall cut off her hand; [²shall not ³spare ¹your eye] over her.

True and Just Weights

13 There shall not be in your money bag a weight and a weight -- a great or small. 14 There shall not be in your house a measure and a measure -- a great or a small. 15 [⁶weight ³a true ⁴and ⁵just ¹There shall be ²to you], and [⁶measure ³a true ⁴and ⁵just ¹there shall be ²to you], that [²many days ¹you should be] upon the land which the lord your God gives to you by lot. 16 For it is an abomination to the lord your God every one doing these things -- every one doing unjustly. 17 Remember as many things [²did ³to you ¹Amalek] in the way of your going forth from Egypt! 18 How he opposed you in the way, and beat your rear guard, the ones tiring in your rear, and you hungered and were tired. And he feared not God. 19 And it will be when ever [³rests ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God] from all your enemies round about you in the land which the lord your God gives to you by lot to inherit, you shall wipe away the name Amalek from under the heaven, and in no way should you forget.