Miscellaneous Laws
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"When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts,
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then you shall cut off her hand. m Your eye shall have no pity.
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"You n shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
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You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small.
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A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, o that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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For p all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, q are an abomination to the Lord your God.
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r "Remember what Amalek did to you s on the way as you came out of Egypt,
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how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and t cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God.
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Therefore u when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall v blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:16
And you shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you. Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
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Leviticus 19:35 - 36
You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and scales are the Lord 's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Ezekiel 45:10
You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
Amos 8:5
Saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances.
Micah 6:11
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:40
Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
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Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
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Deuteronomy 18:12
For whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
Deuteronomy 22:5
A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.
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Exodus 17:8
Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
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Deuteronomy 24:9
Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.
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Joshua 10:19
But do not stay there yourselves. Pursue your enemies; attack their rear guard. Do not let them enter their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.
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1 Samuel 15:2 - 3
Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.
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Exodus 17:8 - 14
Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
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