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Laws of Fairness

If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment, and they judge [their case]; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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“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,

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And it shall be if the wicked man have deserved to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness with a certain number [of stripes].

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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.

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With forty [stripes] shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes.

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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.

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Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].

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“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

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Widowhood and Marriage

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry a stranger abroad: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

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Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage

“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.

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And it shall be, that the firstborn that she beareth shall stand in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out from Israel.

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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.

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But if the man like not to take his brother's wife, his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel: he will not perform for me the duty of a husband's brother.

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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.’

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Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him; and if he stand to it and say, I like not to take her;

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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,’

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then shall his brother's wife come near to him before the eyes of the elders, and draw his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that will not build up his brother's house.

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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.’

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And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe drawn off.

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And the name of his housea shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.’

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When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts,

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Miscellaneous Laws

“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,

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thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare.

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then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.

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Standard Weights and Measures

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

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“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.

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Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.

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You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small.

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A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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A full and fairb 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.

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For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

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

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Blot Out Amalek

Remember what Amalek did unto thee on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt;

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“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt,

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how he met thee on the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all the feeble that lagged behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary, and he feared not God.

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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.

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And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens; thou shalt not forget it.

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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.

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Deuteronomy 25

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