Deuteronomy 25

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.

When people disagree and seek justice, let the judges decide. They should support the good and condemn the bad.

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.

If a man has done wrong and deserves punishment, the judge will order him to be disciplined right there, in proportion to his misdeeds, with a specific number of strikes.

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.

He may punish him with forty lashes, but no more, for fear that if he were to go beyond this and beat him excessively, your brother may lose his dignity in your eyes.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

Don't prevent the hardworking ox from eating as it helps with the harvest.

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.

If two brothers live together and one dies without a child, his widow shouldn't marry an outsider. Instead, her brother-in-law should step in, marry her, and fulfill his duty as her new husband.

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.

The first son she gives birth to will carry on the legacy of the brother who died, ensuring his name continues to live on in Israel.

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.

If a man doesn't want to marry his brother's widow, she should go to the community leaders at the town gate and say, "My brother-in-law refuses to continue his brother's legacy in Israel. He won't fulfill his duty as my husband's brother."

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;

The city's senior leaders will summon him and talk to him. If he remains firm and says, "I don't want to marry her,"

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.

In front of the community elders, his brother's widow will approach him. She'll remove his shoe and spit in his face, declaring, "This is the fate of a man who refuses to continue his brother's legacy."

And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

In Israel, he will be known as the man whose shoe was untied.

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:

When two men are in conflict, and one's wife steps in to save her husband from his attacker, reaching out and grabbing him in his private parts:

Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

Show no mercy as you sever her hand.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Don't carry different scales in your bag, one heavy and one light.

Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

Don't keep different scales at home, one for your benefit and one to cheat others.

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.

Always be fair and honest in your dealings, using accurate weights and measures. This will ensure a long and blessed life in the land that the Lord your God has given you.

For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Everyone who cheats like this, everyone who acts unjustly, is detestable to the Lord your God.

Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

Never forget how Amalek cruelly attacked you when you were vulnerable and just freed from Egypt.

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.

He found you when you were lost and weak, attacking those lagging behind. He showed no mercy, even when you were exhausted and vulnerable. He had no fear of God.

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.

When God finally gives you peace from all your enemies in the land He's gifted you, remember to erase all traces of Amalek. Never forget this.