Deuteronomy Chapter 25
When there’s beef between folks and they hit up the judge, the judges gotta keep it 100; they’ll support the right and call out the wrong.
If 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.
If a wicked dude needs a reality check, the judge will have him lay it down and face the consequences right there, based on his actions, with a set number of hits.
And 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.
Only forty stripes are allowed, no cap; if he goes overboard and dishes out too much, it’ll just make your homie look sus.
Forty 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.
You can’t muzzle the ox while it's grinding the corn, that’s just shady.
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out {the corn}. {treadeth...: Heb. thresheth}
If bros are living together and one kicks the bucket without kids, the dead guy's wifey can’t just marry some random; his bro has to step up and take her as his wife, doing his bro responsibilities.
If 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. {her husband's...: or, her next kinsman}
The first kid she has will keep the dead bro’s name alive, so his name doesn’t disappear from Israel, periodt.
And 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.
If the dude isn’t feeling taking his bro's wife, she should go to the gate and hit up the elders, saying, "My husband’s bro is ghosting on raising a name for my husband."
And 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. {brother's: or, next kinsman's}
Then the city elders will summon him to talk it out; if he’s like, “Nah, I’m good, I don’t wanna take her,”
Then 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;
His bro’s wife will go to him in front of the elders, take off his shoe, spit in his face, and say, “This is what happens to a dude who won’t build his bro’s house.”
Then 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.
His name will be known in Israel as "The guy who had his shoe taken off."
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
When peeps are throwing down and one’s wife tries to save her man from the other dude, reaching out to grab him where it hurts:
When 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:
You gotta chop off her hand; don’t feel bad for her, fr.
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity {her}.
Keep it real with your weights in your bag, that’s shady.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. {divers...: Heb. a stone and a stone}
Don’t have different measures at your crib, that’s also sus.
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. {divers...: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}
Just have straight weights and measures, so you can vibe long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
{But} 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.
Anyone doing this stuff or acting unjustly is an abomination to the Lord your God, for real.
For all that do such things, {and} all that do unrighteously, {are} an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Recall what Amalek did to you on your way out of Egypt;
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
How he ambushed you and hit the weak ones lagging behind when you were exhausted, and he had no fear of God.
How 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.
So when the Lord your God gives you peace from all your enemies in the land He’s giving you to inherit, make sure to erase Amalek’s name from under heaven; don’t forget it, no cap.
Therefore 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}.