1 I f 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.

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 I t 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.

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 H e 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.

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 Y ou shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

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

5 I f 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.

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 I t 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.

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

7 I f 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.”

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: and if he stands and says, “I don’t 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, 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.”

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

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

11 W hen 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,

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 have no pity.

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

13 Y ou shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one 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 diverse measures, one large and one 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. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives 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 do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

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

17 R emember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came 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 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.

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 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.

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.