Deuteronomy, 25

Catholic Public Domain Version

1 “If there is a case between persons, and they apply to the judges, they shall give the palm of justice to the one whom they perceive to be just, and they shall condemn of impiety the one who is impious.

2 But if they see that the one who has sinned is worthy of stripes, they shall prostrate him and cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin, so shall the measure of the stripes be.

3 Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.

4 You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.

5 When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.

6 And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother’s name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel.

7 But if he is not willing to take his brother’s wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: ‘The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother’s name in Israel; nor will he join with me.’

8 And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, ‘I am not willing to accept her as a wife,’

9 then the woman shall approach him in the sight of the elders, and she shall remove his shoe from his foot, and she shall spit in his face, and she shall say: ‘So shall it be done to the man who was not willing to build up his brother’s house.’

10 And his name shall be called in Israel: The House of the Unshod.

11 If two men have a conflict between themselves, and one begins to do violence to the other, and if the other’s wife, wanting to rescue her husband from the hand of the stronger one, extends her hand and grasps him by his private parts,

12 then you shall cut off her hand. Neither shall you weep over her with any mercy.

13 You shall not have differing weights, greater and lesser, in your bag.

14 Neither shall there be in your house a greater and a lesser measure.

15 You shall have a just and a true weight, and your measure shall be equal and true, so that you may live for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

16 For the Lord your God abominates him who does these things, and he loathes all injustice.

17 Remember what Amalek did to you, along the way, when you were departing from Egypt:

18 how he met you and cut down the stragglers of the troops, who were sitting down, exhausted, when you were consumed by hunger and hardship, and how he did not fear God.

19 Therefore, when the Lord your God will give you rest, and you will have subdued all the surrounding nations, in the land which he has promised to you, you shall delete his name from under heaven. Take care not to forget this.”




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Deuteronomy 25 addresses various laws and rules of social conduct that Israelites should follow. Some of the laws include the punishment for the one who deserves a whipping, the obligation to marry the sister -in -law in case of widowhood and the need to use fair and honest measures in business. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Deuteronomy 25:

Leviticus 19:35-36: "Do not use different weights, one heavy and one light. Use only righteous and honest measures and measures, I am the Lord, your God." This verse reinforces the importance of using fair and honest measures, the theme addressed in Deuteronomy 25:13-16.

Proverbs 20:10: "Do not use two different weights, nor two different measures to measure things." This verse brings a message similar to that of Leviticus 19:35-36, reminding us of the importance of fair and honest measures.

Proverbs 22:28: "Do not change the ancient limits that their ancestors have established." This verse relates to Deuteronomy 25:13-16, which deals with the need to use just and honest measures, since changing the old boundaries could be a way of deceiving in business transactions.

Proverbs 24:29: "Don't say," I will do with Him what he did to me; I will pay each one what he deserves. " This verse reminds us of not seeking revenge, the theme addressed in Deuteronomy 25:1-3, which deals with the punishment for the one who deserves flogging.

RUTE 4:5-10: This passage tells the story of a man who refuses to comply with the law that compels to marry the sister-in-law in case of widowhood, according to Deuteronomy 25:5-10. Although not an isolated verse, this story illustrates the importance of this law and the consequences of breaking it.


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