Deuteronomy 25

1 ♥ 📝 I f 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

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

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.

4 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt not muzzle^H2629 the ox^H7794 when he treadeth out^H1778 [the grain].

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.

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

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.

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;

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

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

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

12 ♥ 📝 then thou shalt cut off^H7112 her hand,^H3709 thine eye^H5869 shall have no pity.^H2347

13 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt not have in thy bag^H3599 diverse weights,^H68 a great^H1419 and a small.^H6996

14 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt not have in thy house^H1004 diverse measures,^H374 a great^H1419 and a small.^H6996

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.

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

17 ♥ 📝 Remember^H2142 what Amalek^H6002 did^H6213 unto thee by the way^H1870 as ye came forth^H3318 out of Egypt;^H4714

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

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