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Deut 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

wəhāyāh ’im-bin hakkôṯ hārāšā‘ wəhippîlô haššōp̱ēṭ wəhikkāhû ləp̱ānāyw kəḏê rišə‘āṯô bəmisəpār

Deut 25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

’arəbā‘îm yakkennû lō’ yōsîp̱ pen-yōsîp̱ ləhakkōṯô ‘al-’ēlleh makkāh rabbāh wəniqəlāh ’āḥîḵā lə‘êneyḵā

Deut 25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

lō’-ṯaḥəsōm šôr bəḏîšô

Deut 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

kî-yēšəḇû ’aḥîm yaḥədāw ûmēṯ ’aḥaḏ mēhem ûḇēn ’ên-lô lō’-ṯihəyeh ’ēšeṯ-hammēṯ haḥûṣāh lə’îš zār yəḇāmāhh yāḇō’ ‘āleyhā ûləqāḥāhh lô lə’iššāh wəyibbəmāhh

Deut 25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

wəhāyāh habbəḵôr ’ăšer tēlēḏ yāqûm ‘al-šēm ’āḥîw hammēṯ wəlō’-yimmāḥeh šəmô miyyiśərā’ēl

Deut 25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

wə’im-lō’ yaḥəpōṣ hā’îš lāqaḥaṯ ’eṯ-yəḇimətô wə‘āləṯāh yəḇimətô hašša‘ərāh ’el-hazzəqēnîm wə’āmərāh mē’ên yəḇāmî ləhāqîm lə’āḥîw šēm bəyiśərā’ēl lō’ ’āḇāh yabbəmî

Deut 25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife 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 the duty of my husband's brother.

wəqārə’û-lô ziqənê-‘îrô wəḏibbərû ’ēlāyw wə‘āmaḏ wə’āmar lō’ ḥāp̱aṣətî ləqaḥətāhh

Deut 25:8 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;

wəniggəšāh yəḇimətô ’ēlāyw lə‘ênê hazzəqēnîm wəḥāləṣāh na‘ălô mē‘al rag̱əlô wəyārəqāh bəp̱ānāyw wə‘ānəṯāh wə’āmərāh kāḵāh yē‘āśeh lā’îš ’ăšer lō’-yiḇəneh ’eṯ-bêṯ ’āḥîw

Deut 25:9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

wəniqərā’ šəmô bəyiśərā’ēl bêṯ ḥălûṣ hannā‘al

Deut 25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

kî-yinnāṣû ’ănāšîm yaḥədāw ’îš wə’āḥîw wəqārəḇāh ’ēšeṯ hā’eḥāḏ ləhaṣṣîl ’eṯ-’îššāhh miyyaḏ makkēhû wəšāləḥāh yāḏāhh wəheḥĕzîqāh biməḇušāyw

Deut 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

wəqaṣṣōṯāh ’eṯ-kappāhh lō’ ṯāḥôs ‘êneḵā

Deut 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

lō’-yihəyeh ləḵā bəḵîsəḵā ’eḇen wā’āḇen gəḏôlāh ûqəṭannāh

Deut 25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

lō’-yihəyeh ləḵā bəḇêṯəḵā ’êp̱āh wə’êp̱āh gəḏôlāh ûqəṭannāh

Deut 25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

’eḇen šəlēmāh wāṣeḏeq yihəyeh-llāḵ ’êp̱āh šəlēmāh wāṣeḏeq yihəyeh-llāḵ ləma‘an ya’ărîḵû yāmeyḵā ‘al hā’ăḏāmāh ’ăšer-yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā nōṯēn lāḵ

Deut 25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

kî ṯô‘ăḇaṯ yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā kāl-‘ōśēh ’ēlleh kōl ‘ōśēh ‘āwel

Deut 25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

zāḵôr ’ēṯ ’ăšer-‘āśāh ləḵā ‘ămālēq baddereḵ bəṣē’ṯəḵem mimmiṣərāyim

Deut 25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

’ăšer qārəḵā baddereḵ wayəzannēḇ bəḵā kāl-hanneḥĕšālîm ’aḥareyḵā wə’attāh ‘āyēp̱ wəyāg̱ēa‘ wəlō’ yārē’ ’ĕlōhîm

Deut 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

wəhāyāh bəhānîaḥ yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā ləḵā mikkāl-’ōyəḇeyḵā missāḇîḇ bā’āreṣ ’ăšer yəhwāh-’ĕlōheyḵā nōṯēn ləḵā naḥălāh lərišətāhh timəḥeh ’eṯ-zēḵer ‘ămālēq mittaḥaṯ haššāmāyim lō’ tišəkāḥ

Deut 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

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