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 dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

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 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.

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.

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.

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 while he is threshing.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.’

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.’

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 summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says, ‘I do not desire 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 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.’

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

In Israel his name shall be called, ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’

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,

“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,

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

then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity.

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

“ You shall not have in your bag differing 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 differing 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.

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.

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

For everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is 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 along the way when you came out 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 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.

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 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.