Deuteronomy 25:3-5
New King James Version
3 (A)Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother (B)be humiliated in your sight.
4 (C)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it [a]treads out the grain.
Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother
5 (D)“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
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Deuteronomy 25:3-5
New International Version
3 but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes.(A) If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.(B)
4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.(C)
5 If 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.(D)
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