22AND YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT A SLAVE YOU WERE IN [THE] LAND OF EGYPT THERE- -FORE I [AM] COMMANDING YOU TO DO <OBJ.> THE THING <THE> THIS 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
1IF IT WILL HAPPEN A DISPUTE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEY WILL DRAW NEAR TO THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT AND THEY WILL JUDGE THEM AND THEY WILL DECLARE RIGHTEOUS <OBJ.> THE RIGHTEOUS [ONE] AND THEY WILL CONDEMN AS GUILTY <OBJ.> THE GUILTY [ONE] Fairness and Mercy 1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
2AND IT WILL BE IF [IS] A SON OF STRIKING THE GUILTY [ONE] AND HE WILL MAKE LIE DOWN HIM THE JUDGE AND SOMEONE WILL STRIKE HIM <TO> BEFORE HIM ACCORDING TO [THE] SUFFICIENCY OF WICKEDNESS HIS BY NUMBER 2If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
3FORTY [TIMES] HE WILL STRIKE HIM NOT HE WILL INCREASE LEST HE SHOULD INCREASE TO STRIKE HIM TO THESE STRIKING MUCH AND HE WILL BE DISHONORED COUNTRYMAN YOUR TO EYES YOUR 3He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
4NOT YOU WILL MUZZLE AN OX WHEN THRESHES IT 4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.*NoteCloseCited in 1 Corinthians 9:9 and 1 Timothy 5:18
5IF THEY WILL DWELL BROTHERS TOGETHER AND HE WILL DIE ONE FROM <THE> THEM AND A SON NOT [BELONGS] TO <THE> HIM NOT SHE WILL BELONG [THE] WIFE OF THE DEAD [MAN] THE OUTSIDE TOWARDS TO A MAN STRANGE HUSBAND'S BROTHER HER HE WILL GO ON HER AND HE WILL TAKE HER FOR <THE> HIMSELF TO A WIFE AND HE WILL ACT AS A HUSBAND'S BROTHER FOR HER Widowhood and Marriage 5When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.*NoteCloseCited in Matthew 22:24, Mark 12:19, and Luke 20:28
6AND IT WILL BE THE FIRSTBORN WHOM SHE WILL BEAR HE WILL STAND ON [THE] NAME OF BROTHER HIS <THE> DEAD AND NOT IT WILL BE WIPED OUT NAME HIS FROM ISRAEL 6The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
7AND IF NOT HE WILL DESIRE THE MAN TO TAKE <OBJ.> BROTHER'S WIFE HIS AND SHE WILL GO UP BROTHER'S WIFE HIS THE GATE TOWARDS TO THE ELDERS AND SHE WILL SAY HE HAS REFUSED HUSBAND'S BROTHER MY TO ESTABLISH FOR BROTHER HIS A NAME IN ISRAEL NOT HE WAS WILLING TO ACT AS A HUSBAND'S BROTHER FOR ME 7But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
8AND THEY WILL SUMMON <TO> <THE> HIM [THE] ELDERS OF CITY HIS AND THEY WILL SPEAK TO HIM AND HE WILL STAND FIRM AND HE WILL SAY NOT I DESIRE TO TAKE HER 8Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
9AND SHE WILL DRAW NEAR BROTHER'S WIFE HIS TO HIM TO [THE] EYES OF THE ELDERS AND SHE WILL DRAW OFF SANDAL HIS FROM ON FOOT HIS AND SHE WILL SPIT IN FACE HIS AND SHE WILL ANSWER AND SHE WILL SAY THUS LET IT BE DONE TO THE MAN WHO NOT HE WILL BUILD <OBJ.> [THE] HOUSE OF BROTHER HIS 9his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
10AND IT WILL BE CALLED NAME ITS IN ISRAEL [THE] HOUSE OF [THE] [ONE] DRAWN OFF OF THE SANDAL 10And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled
11IF THEY WILL BE STRUGGLING TOGETHER MEN TOGETHER ANYONE AND COUNTRYMAN HIS AND SHE WILL DRAW NEAR [THE] WIFE OF THE ONE [MAN] TO RESCUE <OBJ.> HUSBAND HER FROM [THE] HAND OF [THE] [ONE WHO] IS STRIKING HIM AND SHE WILL STRETCH OUT HAND HER AND SHE WILL TAKE HOLD ON GENITALS HIS 11If two men are fighting and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
12AND YOU WILL CUT OFF <OBJ.> HAND HER NOT IT WILL LOOK WITH PITY EYE YOUR 12you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
13NOT IT WILL BELONG TO <THE> YOU IN BAG YOUR A WEIGHT AND A WEIGHT LARGE AND SMALL Standard Weights and Measures (Proverbs 11:1–3; Ezekiel 45:10–12) 13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
14NOT IT WILL BELONG TO <THE> YOU IN HOUSE YOUR A MEASURE AND A MEASURE LARGE AND SMALL 14You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
15A WEIGHT FULL AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IT WILL BELONG TO <THE> YOU A MEASURE FULL AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IT WILL BELONG TO <THE> YOU SO THAT THEY MAY BE LONG DAYS YOUR ON THE LAND WHICH YAHWEH GOD YOUR [IS] ABOUT TO GIVE TO <THE> YOU 15You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
16FOR [IS] [THE] ABOMINATION OF YAHWEH GOD YOUR EVERY [ONE WHO] DOES <OF> THESE [THINGS] EVERY [ONE WHO] DOES <OF> INJUSTICE 16For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
17REMEMBER <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH IT DID TO <THE> YOU AMALEK ON THE WAY WHEN CAME OUT YOU FROM EGYPT Revenge on the Amalekites 17Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
18THAT IT MET YOU ON THE WAY AND IT ATTACKED IN [THE] REAR <IN> <THE> YOU ALL THE STRAGGLERS BEHIND YOU AND YOU [WERE] EXHAUSTED AND WEARY AND NOT IT FEARED GOD 18how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
19AND IT WILL BE WHEN GIVES REST YAHWEH GOD YOUR TO <THE> YOU FROM ALL ENEMIES YOUR FROM ROUND ABOUT IN THE LAND WHICH YAHWEH GOD YOUR [IS] ABOUT TO GIVE TO <THE> YOU AN INHERITANCE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF IT YOU WILL WIPE OUT <OBJ.> [THE] REMEMBRANCE OF AMALEK FROM UNDER THE HEAVENS NOT YOU WILL FORGET 19When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!