Whipping as Punishment for a Crime
Moses said to Israel:
1-2 Suppose you and someone else each accuse the other of doing something wrong, and you go to court, where the judges decide you are guilty. If your punishment is to be beaten with a whip, one of the judges will order you to lie down, and you will receive the number of lashes you deserve. 3 Forty lashes is the most that you can be given, because more than that might make other Israelites think you are worthless.
Don't Muzzle an Ox
Moses said to Israel:
4 Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain.
A Son for a Dead Brother
Moses said to Israel:
5-6 Suppose two brothers are living on the same property, when one of them dies without having a son to carry on his name. If this happens, his widow must not marry anyone outside the family. Instead, she must marry her late husband's brother, and their first son will be the legal son of the dead man.
7 But suppose the brother refuses to marry the widow. She must go to a meeting of the town leaders at the town gate and say, “My husband died without having a son to carry on his name. And my husband's brother refuses to marry me so I can have a son.”
8 The leaders will call the living brother to the town gate and try to persuade him to marry the widow. But if he doesn't change his mind and marry her, 9 she must go over to him while the town leaders watch. She will pull off one of his sandals and spit in his face, while saying, “That's what happens to a man who won't help provide descendants for his dead brother.” 10 From then on, that man's family will be known as “the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off.”
When Two Men Fight
Moses said to Israel:
11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one man tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the other man's private parts, 12 you must cut off her hand. Don't have any mercy.
Be Honest in Business
Moses said to Israel:
13-14 Don't try to cheat people by having two sets of weights or measures, one to get more when you are buying, and the other to give less when you are selling. 15 If you weigh and measure things honestly, the Lord your God will let you enjoy a long life in the land he is giving you. 16 But the Lord is disgusted with anyone who cheats or is dishonest.
Wipe Out Amalek
Moses said:
17 People of Israel, do you remember what the Amalekites did to you after you came out of Egypt? 18 You were tired, and they followed along behind, attacking those who could not keep up with the others. This showed that the Amalekites have no respect for God.
19 The Lord your God will help you capture the land, and he will give you peace. But when that day comes, you must wipe out Amalek so completely that no one will remember they ever lived.
1 Kad vīri ķildojas, tad lai tos atved uz tiesu un iztiesā, – taisno tu attaisno, bet negantnieku sodi. 2 Ja negantnieks pelnījis sitienus, tad lai tiesnesis viņu nogulda un sit viņu pēc viņa nodarījuma. 3 Četrdesmit sitienus var sist un ne vairāk, vairāk gan lai nesit, ka ar daudziem sitieniem tavs brālis netiek apkaunots tavā priekšā.
4 Neaizsien purnu vērsim, kad tas min tavu klonu!
Brāļa dzimtas turpināšana
5 Ja brāļi dzīvo kopā un viens no tiem nomirst, un tam nav bijis dēla, tad mirušā sieva lai neiziet pie sveša vīra, bet lai tās vīrabrālis iet pie viņas un ņem viņu sev par sievu, lai dara to, kas vīrabrālim pienākas! 6 Pirmdzimtajam, ko viņa dzemdēs, lai dod vārdu pēc tā brāļa, kas miris, lai no Israēla netiktu izdzēsts viņa vārds. 7 Bet, ja tas negrib ņemt savu brāļasievu, tad lai viņa brāļasieva iet pie vecajiem vārtos un saka: mans vīrabrālis liedzas nostiprināt Israēlā sava brāļa vārdu un negrib man darīt to, kas vīrabrālim pienākas! 8 Tad lai pilsētas vecajie sauc viņu un runā ar viņu, bet, ja viņš pastāv uz savu un saka: es negribu viņu ņemt! – 9 tad lai viņa brāļasieva vecajo priekšā pienāk tam klāt, novelk viņam no kājas sandali, iespļauj viņam sejā un liecina pret viņu: tā tiek darīts vīram, kas neuzceļ sava brāļa namu! 10 Viņa vārds Israēlā lai tiek saukts: baskāja nams!
Nepieļaut apkaunojumu
11 Kad divi vīri kaujas un kāda sieva nāk glābt savu vīru no sitēja, izstiepj savu roku un sagrābj vienu aiz pautiem, 12 tad nocērt tai plaukstu, lai tev nav žēl!
Par divējādu mēru un svaru
13 Lai tavā namā nav divu dažādu svaru – lielu un mazu! 14 Lai tavā namā nav divu dažādu tilpuma mēru – lielu un mazu! 15 Lai tev ir pareizi un taisnīgi svari, lai tev ir pareizs un taisnīgs tilpuma mērs, tad būs ilgas tavas dienas zemē, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dod. 16 Kungam, tavam Dievam, ir pretīgi visi, kas tā dara, visi, kas dara netaisni!
Par amālēkiešiem
17 Atceries, ko tev darīja Amālēks, kad jūs iznācāt no Ēģiptes, 18 kā viņš ceļā tev nāca pretī, kā nokāva visus, kas bija palikuši iepakaļ, jo tu biji noguris un nomocījies, viņš Dieva nebijās! 19 Un tādēļ, kad Kungs, tavs Dievs, dos tev mieru no visiem taviem ienaidniekiem visapkārt – zemē, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, dos tev mantojumā, – izdzēs Amālēka piemiņu zem debesīm, neaizmirsti to!
