Deuteronomy 25Deuteronomy25

King James VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Fairness and Mercy

2. 1KJVIf there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.BSBBSB: 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.
3. 2KJVAnd it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.BSBBSB: 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.
4. 3KJVForty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.BSBBSB: He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
5. 4KJVThou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.BSBBSB: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

6. Widowhood and Marriage

7. 5KJVIf brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.BSBBSB: 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.
8. 6KJVAnd it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.BSBBSB: 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.
9. 7KJVAnd if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.BSBBSB: 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.”
10. 8KJVThen the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;BSBBSB: 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,”
11. 9KJVThen shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.BSBBSB: 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.”
12. 10KJVAnd his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.BSBBSB: And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
13. 11KJVWhen men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:BSBBSB: If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
14. 12KJVThen thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.BSBBSB: you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

15. Standard Weights and Measures

    (Proverbs 11:1–3; Ezekiel 45:10–12)

16. 13KJVThou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.BSBBSB: You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
17. 14KJVThou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.BSBBSB: You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
18. 15KJVBut thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.BSBBSB: 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.
19. 16KJVFor all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.BSBBSB: For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

20. Revenge on the Amalekites

21. 17KJVRemember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;BSBBSB: Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
22. 18KJVHow he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.BSBBSB: 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.
23. 19KJVTherefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.BSBBSB: 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!