1When 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. 2If 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, 3but 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.
4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
5If 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. 6The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
7However, 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.” 8Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,” 9his 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.” 10That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
11If 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, 12you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.
13Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. 14Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. 15You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 16For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
17Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. 18When 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. 19When the Lord 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. Do not forget!
1“如果发生纠纷，双方告上法庭，审判官要判明是非。 2如果有罪的一方被判受鞭打，审判官要命令他当场伏在地上，按罪行轻重量刑。 3最多可以鞭打他四十下。如果超过四十下，你们就是在公开羞辱自己的同胞。
4“牛在踩谷时，不可笼住它的嘴。
为死亡的兄弟传宗接代
5“如果兄弟们住在一起，其中一个没有儿子便死了，死者的妻子不可改嫁外人。死者的兄弟要尽兄弟的责任娶她为妻。 6她生的第一个儿子要算为死者的儿子，免得死者在以色列无法留名。 7如果死者的兄弟不愿娶那寡妇，她要到城门口见长老们，告诉他们，‘我丈夫的兄弟不肯尽兄弟的责任娶我，不肯为我丈夫在以色列留名。’ 8本城的长老们要把死者的兄弟召来，与他商谈。如果他执意不肯， 9那寡妇要当着众长老的面，上前脱下他的鞋，吐唾沫在他脸上，说，‘这就是不肯为兄弟留后之人的下场。’ 10从此以后，他的家在以色列要被称为‘被脱鞋者之家’。
其他条例
11“如果两个男人打架，其中一人的妻子为帮助丈夫而伸手抓住另外一人的下体， 12就要砍掉她的手，不可怜悯她。
13“你们做买卖时，口袋里不可有一大一小两种砝码， 14家里也不可用一大一小两种量器。 15你们必须使用准确公正的砝码和量器，以便在你们的上帝耶和华要赐给你们的土地上得享长寿。 16因为你们的上帝耶和华憎恶行事诡诈的人。
灭绝亚玛力人的命令
17“你们要记住，你们从埃及出来的路上，亚玛力人是怎样对待你们的。 18他们趁你们疲惫不堪时，袭击你们当中掉队的人，毫不敬畏上帝。 19所以，当你们的上帝耶和华赐给你们那片土地作产业、使你们四境安宁时，要灭绝亚玛力人，抹去世人对他们的记忆。你们要切记！
