1 “ Two men might argue and go to court. The judges will decide between them, saying that the right man is not guilty and that the sinful man is guilty.

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

2 I f the sinful man should be beaten, the leader will make him lie down and be beaten in front of him. The number of times he is beaten will be decided upon by how bad his sin is.

It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

3 T he number may be as much as forty, but no more. If he is beaten more than this, your brother would be put to much shame in your eyes.

He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more; lest, if he should give more, and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.

4 “ When the bull is made to walk on the grain to break it open, do not stop him from eating some.

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

5 “ When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the dead man’s wife must not be married outside the family to a strange man. The husband’s brother will take her as his wife and do what he should for her as a brother-in-law.

If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside 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 T he first son born to her will take the name of the dead brother so his name will not be forgotten in Israel.

It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

7 B ut the man might not want to take his brother’s wife. Then his brother’s wife should go to the leaders at the gate and say, ‘My husband’s brother will not make his brother’s name to be remembered in Israel. He is not willing to do the duty of a brother-in-law to me.’

If the man doesn’t want 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 raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”

8 T hen the leaders of his city will call him and speak to him. If he still 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 and says, “I don’t want to take her”;

9 t hen his brother’s wife will come to him in front of the leaders. She will pull his shoe off his foot and spit in his face. And she will say, ‘This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.’

then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”

10 I n Israel his name will be called, ‘The house of him whose shoe is pulled off.’

His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his shoe removed.”

11 “ If two men are fighting together and the wife of one comes to save her husband from the one who is hitting him and if she puts out her hand and takes hold of his sex part,

When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and takes him by his private parts,

12 y ou must cut off her hand. Do not show pity.

then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.

13 “ You must not have two different weights in your bag, one large and one small.

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.

14 Y ou must not have in your house different ways of showing how big or small something is.

You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.

15 Y ou must have a full and fair weight. You must have a fair way to show how big something is. Then you will live long in the land the Lord your God gives you.

You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

16 F or the Lord hates everyone who does such things, who lies and is not fair.

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

17 “ Remember what Amalek did to you on your way out of Egypt.

Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt;

18 H e met you on the way when you were weak and tired. And he fought with those who were behind. He did not fear God.

how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.

19 W hen the Lord your God gives you rest from all those around you who hate you, in the land the Lord your God gives you for your own, you must forget all about Amalek, so no one under heaven will remember him. Do not forget to do this.

Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.