Fairness and Mercy 1If there be strife betweene men, they shall come vnto the lawe, and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them: and iustifie the righteous, & condemne the vngodly. 2And if any man be vngodly, and worthy of strypes, then let the Iudge cause him to lye downe and to be beaten before his face, accordyng to his trespasse, vnto a certayne number. 3Fourtie stripes he shall geue hym, and not passe: lest if he shoulde exceede, and beate hym aboue that with many stripes, thy brother should appeare despised and vile before thyne eyes. 4Thou shalt not moosell the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Widowhood and Marriage 5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye, and haue no chylde, the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger: but his kinsman shall go in vnto her, & take her to wife, and occupie the rowme of his kinsman. 6And the eldest sonne whiche she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother whiche is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7And if the man wyll not take his kinswoman, then let her go vp to the gate vnto the elders, and say: My kinsman refuseth to stirre vp vnto his brother a name in Israel, neither wyll he marry me. 8Then the elders of his citie shall call hym, and commune with hym: and if he stande and say, I wyll not take her: 9Then shall his kinswoman come vnto hym in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe of his foote, and spit in his face, and aunswere, and say: So shal it be done vnto that man, that doth not buylde vp his brothers house. 10And his name shalbe called in Israel, the vnshodhouse. 11If when men striue together one with another, the wife of the one drawe neare for to ryd her husbande out of the handes of hym that smyteth hym, and put foorth her hande and take hym by the secretes: 12Thou shalt cut of her hande, and let not thyne eye pitie her. Standard Weights and Measures 13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small: 14Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small. 15But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee. 16For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God. Revenge on the Amalekites 17Remember what Amalech dyd vnto thee by the way, when ye were come out of Egypt. 18Howe he met thee by the way, and smote the hyndmost of you, all that were feeble and came behynde, when thou wast faynted and weerie, and he feared not God. 19Therfore when the Lorde thy God hath geuen thee rest from all thine enemies rounde about, in the lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to inherite and possesse: see that thou put out the remembraunce of Amalech from vnder heauen, and forget not. |
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