1 “Suppose two Israelites go to court to settle a dispute, and one is declared innocent and the other guilty. 2 If the guilty one is sentenced to be beaten, the judge is to make him lie face downward and have him whipped. The number of lashes will depend on the crime he has committed. 3 He may be given as many as forty lashes, but no more; more than that would humiliate him publicly.
4 “Do not muzzle an ox when you are using it to thresh grain.
Duty to a Dead Brother
5 “If two brothers live on the same property and one of them dies, leaving no son, then his widow is not to be married to someone outside the family; it is the duty of the dead man's brother to marry her. 6 The first son that they have will be considered the son of the dead man, so that his family line will continue in Israel. 7 But if the dead man's brother does not want to marry her, she is to go before the town leaders and say, ‘My husband's brother will not do his duty; he refuses to give his brother a descendant among the people of Israel.’ 8 Then the town leaders are to summon him and speak to him. If he still refuses to marry her, 9 his brother's widow is to go up to him in the presence of the town leaders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face, and say, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to give his brother a descendant.’ 10 His family will be known in Israel as ‘the family of the man who had his sandal pulled off.’
Other Laws
11 “If two men are having a fight and the wife of one tries to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man's genitals, 12 show her no mercy; cut off her hand.
13-14 “Do not cheat when you use weights and measures. 15 Use true and honest weights and measures, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 16 The Lord hates people who cheat.
The Command to Kill the Amalekites
17 “Remember what the Amalekites did to you as you were coming from Egypt. 18 They had no fear of God, and so they attacked you from the rear when you were tired and exhausted, and killed all who were straggling behind. 19 So then, when the Lord your God has given you the land and made you safe from all your enemies who live around you, be sure to kill all the Amalekites, so that no one will remember them any longer. Do not forget!
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!
