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Verse 1

If there be a controversy{H7379} between men,{H582} and they come{H5066} unto judgment,{H4941} and [the judges] judge{H8199} them; then they shall justify{H6663} the righteous,{H6662} and condemn{H7561} the wicked;{H7563}

Verse 2

and it shall be, if the wicked man{H7563} be worthy{H1121} to be beaten,{H5221} that the judge{H8199} shall cause him to lie down,{H5307} and to be beaten{H5221} before his face,{H6440} according{H1767} to his wickedness,{H7564} by number.{H4557}

Verse 3

Forty{H705} stripes{H5221} he may give him, he shall not exceed;{H3254} lest, if he should exceed,{H3254} and beat{H5221} him above these with many{H7227} stripes,{H4347} then thy brother{H251} should seem vile{H7034} unto thee.

Verse 4

Thou shalt not muzzle{H2629} the ox{H7794} when he treadeth out{H1778} [the grain].

Verse 5

If brethren{H251} dwell{H3427} together,{H3162} and one{H259} of them die,{H4191} and have no son,{H1121} the wife{H802} of the dead{H4191} shall not be married without{H2351} unto a stranger:{H376} her husband's brother{H2993} shall go in{H935} unto her, and take{H3947} her to him to wife,{H802} and perform the duty of a husband's brother{H2992} unto her.

Verse 6

And it shall be, that the first-born{H1060} that she beareth{H3205} shall succeed{H6965} in the name{H8034} of his brother{H251} that is dead,{H4191} that his name{H8034} be not blotted out{H4229} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 7

And if the man{H376} like{H2654} not to take{H3947} his brother's wife,{H2994} then his brother's wife{H2994} shall go up{H5927} to the gate{H8179} unto the elders,{H2205} and say,{H559} My husband's brother{H2993} refuseth{H3985} to raise up{H6965} unto his brother{H251} a name{H8034} in Israel;{H3478} he will{H14} not perform the duty of a husband's brother{H2992} unto me.

Verse 8

Then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall call{H7121} him, and speak{H1696} unto him: and if he stand,{H5975} and say,{H559} I like{H2654} not to take{H3947} her;

Verse 9

then shall his brother's wife{H2994} come{H5066} unto him in the presence{H5869} of the elders,{H2205} and loose{H2502} his shoe{H5275} from off his foot,{H7272} and spit{H3417} in his face;{H6440} and she shall answer{H6030} and say,{H559} So shall it be done{H6213} unto the man{H376} that doth not build up{H1129} his brother's{H251} house.{H1004}

Verse 10

And his name{H8034} shall be called{H7121} in Israel,{H3478} The house{H1004} of him that hath his shoe{H5275} loosed.{H2502}

Verse 11

When men{H582} strive{H5327} together{H3162} one with another,{H251} and the wife{H802} of the one{H259} draweth near{H7126} to deliver{H5337} her husband{H376} out of the hand{H3027} of him that smiteth{H5221} him, and putteth forth{H7971} her hand,{H3027} and taketh{H2388} him by the secrets;{H4016}

Verse 12

then thou shalt cut off{H7112} her hand,{H3709} thine eye{H5869} shall have no pity.{H2347}

Verse 13

Thou shalt not have in thy bag{H3599} diverse weights,{H68} a great{H1419} and a small.{H6996}

Verse 14

Thou shalt not have in thy house{H1004} diverse measures,{H374} a great{H1419} and a small.{H6996}

Verse 15

A perfect{H8003} and just{H6664} weight{H68} shalt thou have; a perfect{H8003} and just{H6664} measure{H374} shalt thou have: that thy days{H3117} may be long{H748} in the land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee.

Verse 16

For all that do{H6213} such things,{H428} [even] all that do{H6213} unrighteously,{H5766} are an abomination{H8441} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

Verse 17

Remember{H2142} what Amalek{H6002} did{H6213} unto thee by the way{H1870} as ye came forth{H3318} out of Egypt;{H4714}

Verse 18

how he met{H7136} thee by the way,{H1870} and smote the hindmost{H2179} of thee, all that were feeble{H2826} behind{H310} thee, when thou wast faint{H5889} and weary;{H3023} and he feared{H3373} not God.{H430}

Verse 19

Therefore it shall be, when Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given thee rest{H5117} from all thine enemies{H341} round about,{H5439} in the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance{H5159} to possess{H3423} it, that thou shalt blot out{H4229} the remembrance{H2143} of Amalek{H6002} from under heaven;{H8064} thou shalt not forget.{H7911}

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