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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Deuteronomy 25 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/deuteronomy/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Deuteronomy 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/24.htm" title="Deuteronomy 24">◄</a> Deuteronomy 25 <a href="../deuteronomy/26.htm" title="Deuteronomy 26">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Whipping as Punishment for a Crime</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_1"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.1-Deut.25.2" class="v5_25_1">1-2</span>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,<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.1-Deut.25.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> one of the judges will order you to lie down, and you will receive the number of lashes you deserve. </span><span class="v5_25_3"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.3" class="v5_25_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Forty lashes is the most that you can be given, because more than that might make other Israelites think you are worthless.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Don't Muzzle an Ox</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_4"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.4" class="v5_25_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain.<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s1">A Son for a Dead Brother</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_5"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.5-Deut.25.6" class="v5_25_5">5-6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.5-Deut.25.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> 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.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_7"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.7" class="v5_25_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> 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.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_8"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.8" class="v5_25_8">8</span>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, </span><span class="v5_25_9"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.9" class="v5_25_9">9</span>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.” </span><span class="v5_25_10"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.10" class="v5_25_10">10</span>From then on, that man's family will be known as “the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off.”</span></p><h3 class="s1">When Two Men Fight</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_11"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.11" class="v5_25_11">11</span>If two men are fighting, and the wife of one man tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the other man's private parts, </span><span class="v5_25_12"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.12" class="v5_25_12">12</span>you must cut off her hand. Don't have any mercy.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Be Honest in Business</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_13"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.13-Deut.25.14" class="v5_25_13">13-14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.13-Deut.25.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> 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. </span><span class="v5_25_15"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.15" class="v5_25_15">15</span>If you weigh and measure things honestly, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God will let you enjoy a long life in the land he is giving you. </span><span class="v5_25_16"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.16" class="v5_25_16">16</span>But the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is disgusted with anyone who cheats or is dishonest.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Wipe Out Amalek</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_17"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.17" class="v5_25_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.25.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> People of Israel, do you remember what the Amalekites did to you after you came out of Egypt? </span><span class="v5_25_18"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.18" class="v5_25_18">18</span>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.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_25_19"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.25.19" class="v5_25_19">19</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> 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.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">25.1,2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">whip: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “rod.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">25.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">threshing grain: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Oxen were used at the threshing place to walk on heads of grain, or pull heavy slabs of wood over it, to separate the kernels from the husks.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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