Darby Bible Translation

New King James Version

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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Laws of Social Responsibility

“If there is a dispute between men, and they come to [a]court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

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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 it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows.

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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 blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated 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 while it [b]treads 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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Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother

“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, 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 it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears will 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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But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’

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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. But if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want 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 come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will 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 his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal removed.’

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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

“If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals,

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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 not pity her.

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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 differing weights, a heavy and a light.

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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 differing 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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You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which 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 behave unrighteously, are [c]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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Destroy the Amalekites

“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming 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 met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; 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 it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.

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Deuteronomy 25

Deuteronomy 25