25When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.H7379H582H5066H4941H8199H6663H6662H7561H75632If the one who is guilty deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves,H7563H1121H5221H8199H5307H5221H6440H1767H7564H45573but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your Israelite neighbor will be degraded in your eyes.H705H5221H3254H3254H5221H7227H4347H251H7034H58694Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.H2629H7794H17785If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.H251H3427H3162H259H4191H1121H802H4191H2351H376H2114H2993H935H3947H802H29926The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.H1060H3205H6965H8034H251H4191H8034H4229H34787However, if a man does not want to marry his brother's wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to carry on his brother's name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me."H376H2654H3947H2994H2994H5927H8179H2205H559H2993H3985H6965H251H8034H3478H14H29928Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her,"H2205H5892H7121H1696H5975H559H2654H39479his brother's widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, "This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line."H2994H5066H5869H2205H2502H5275H7272H3417H6440H6030H559H6213H376H1129H251H100410That man's line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.H8034H7121H3478H1004H5275H250211If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,H582H5327H3162H251H376H802H259H7126H5337H376H3027H5221H7971H3027H2388H401612you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.H7112H3709H5869H234713Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.H3599H68H68H1419H699614Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small.H1004H374H374H1419H699615You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.H8003H6664H68H8003H6664H374H3117H748H127H3068H430H541416For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.H6213H428H6213H5766H8441H3068H43017Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.H2142H6002H6213H1870H3318H471418When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.H7136H1870H2179H2826H310H5889H3023H3373H43019When the LORD your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!H3068H430H5117H341H5439H776H3068H430H5414H5159H3423H4229H2143H6002H8064H7911
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