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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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/deuteronomy/25.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God is giving you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. 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