1 “If there is a adispute between men, and they come to1 court, that the judges may judge them, and they bjustify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
2 then it shall be, if the wicked man adeserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down band be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows.
3 aForty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother bbe humiliated in your sight.
4 a“You shall not muzzle an ox while it1 treads out the grain.
Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother
5 a“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
6 And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears awill succeed to the name of his dead brother, that bhis name may not be blotted out of Israel.
7 But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the agate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, a‘I do not want to take her,’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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