1 “ If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

If there is a controversy between men, and they come into court and the judges decide between them, justifying the innocent and condemning the guilty,

2 t hen it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows.

Then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a certain number of stripes according to his offense.

3 F orty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight.

Forty stripes may be given him but not more, lest, if he should be beaten with many stripes, your brother should seem low and worthless to you.

4 “ You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother

You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

5 “ 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.

If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, his wife shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

6 A nd it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.

And the firstborn son shall succeed to the name of the dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.

7 B ut if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate 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.’

And if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuses to continue his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

8 T hen the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to take her,’

Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, I do not want to take her,

9 t hen his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.’

Then shall his brother’s wife come to him in the presence of the elders and pull his shoe off his foot and spit in his face and shall answer, So shall it be done to that man who does not build up his brother’s house.

10 A nd his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal removed.’ Miscellaneous Laws

And his family shall be called in Israel, The House of Him Whose Shoe Was Loosed.

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,

When men strive together one with another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him who is beating him, and puts out her hand and seizes the other man by the private parts,

12 t hen you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.

Then you shall cut off her hand; your eyes shall not pity her.

13 “ You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.

You shall not have in your bag true and false weights, a large and a small.

14 Y ou shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

You shall not have in your house true and false measures, a large and a small.

15 Y ou shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

But you shall have a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

16 F or all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God. Destroy the Amalekites

For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

17 “ Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt,

Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you had come forth from Egypt,

18 h ow 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 did not fear God.

How he did not fear God, but when you were faint and weary he attacked you along the way and cut off all the stragglers at your rear.

19 T herefore it shall be, when 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 blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.

Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens; you must not forget.