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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/deuteronomy/">Deuteronomy</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/25.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/25.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/25.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/25.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/25.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/25.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/25.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Fairness and Mercy<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>If 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. <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>If 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. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">Widowhood and Marriage<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When 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.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But 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.” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,” <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>his 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.” <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Standard Weights and Measures<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../proverbs/11.htm">Proverbs 11:1–3</a>; <a href ="../ezekiel/45.htm#10">Ezekiel 45:10–12</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You 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. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Revenge on the Amalekites<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When 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!</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../1_corinthians/9.htm#9">1 Corinthians 9:9</a> and <a href="../1_timothy/5.htm#18">1 Timothy 5:18</a><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/22.htm#24">Matthew 22:24</a>, <a href="../mark/12.htm#19">Mark 12:19</a>, and <a href="../luke/20.htm#28">Luke 20:28</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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