Deuteronomy 25 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 “If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, When there is a dispute and the parties draw near for judgment, and a decision is given, declaring one party in the right and the other in the wrong, When 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.
2 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 number of stripes in proportion to his offense. if the one in the wrong deserves whipping, the judge shall have him lie down and in the presence of the judge receive the number of lashes the crime warrants. If the guilty person 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,
3 Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight. Forty lashes may be given, but no more; or else, if more lashes are added to these many blows, your brother will be degraded in your sight. but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.
4 “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain. You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out grain. Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
5 “If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man 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. When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not marry anyone outside the family; but her husband’s brother shall come to her, marrying her and performing the duty of a brother-in-law. If 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.
6 And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. The firstborn son she bears shall continue the name of the deceased brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel. The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
7 And if the man does not wish 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 perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’ But if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel and does not intend to perform his duty toward me.” However, 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.”
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’ Thereupon the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,” Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,”
9 then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’ his sister-in-law, in the presence of the elders, shall go up to him and strip his sandal from his foot and spit in his face, declaring, “This is how one should be treated who will not build up his brother’s family!” his 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.”
10 And the name of his house shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.’ And his name shall be called in Israel, “the house of the man stripped of his sandal.” That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
11 “When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, When two men are fighting and the wife of one intervenes to save her husband from the blows of his opponent, if she stretches out her hand and seizes the latter by his genitals, If 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,
12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity. you shall chop off her hand; show no pity. you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.
13 “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not keep two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and the other light; Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.
14 You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. nor shall you keep two different ephahs in your house, one large and the other small. Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small.
15 A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. But use a full and just weight, a full and just ephah, so that you may have a long life on the land the LORD, your God, is giving you. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
16 For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the LORD your God. For everyone who does these things, everyone who does what is dishonest, is an abomination to the LORD, your God. For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
17 “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, Bear in mind what Amalek did to you on the journey after you left Egypt, Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.
18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. how he surprised you along the way, weak and weary as you were, and struck down at the rear all those who lagged behind; he did not fear God. When 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.
19 Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget. Therefore, when the LORD, your God, gives you rest from all your enemies round about in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you to possess as a heritage, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. Do not forget! When 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!
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