Old Testament Bible Reading 07-26-2023
Deuteronomy 25-26
New King James Version
Laws of Social Responsibility
25 “If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, 2 then it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. 3 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 be humiliated in your sight.
4 “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.
Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother
5 “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. 6 And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7 But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’ 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to take her,’ 9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.’ 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal removed.’
Miscellaneous Laws
11 “If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals, 12 then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.
13 “You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.
Destroy the Amalekites
17 “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18 how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.
Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes
26 “And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, 2 that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. 3 And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’
4 “Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. 5 And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us. 7 Then we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression. 8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. 9 He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey”; 10 and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’
“Then you shall set it before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God. 11 So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you.
12 “When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year—the year of tithing—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, 13 then you shall say before the Lord your God: ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. 14 I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me. 15 Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’
A Special People of God
16 “This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. 18 Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
Footnotes
Deuteronomy 25:1 Lit. the judgment
Deuteronomy 25:4 threshes
Deuteronomy 25:16 detestable
Deuteronomy 26:3 LXX my
Deuteronomy 26:5 Or Aramean
Deuteronomy 26:5 As a resident alien
Deuteronomy 26:13 hallowed things
Deuteronomy 26:14 Lit. in my mourning
Deuteronomy 26:14 Or while I was unclean
Deuteronomy 26:15 home
Deuteronomy 26:19 consecrated
Deuteronomio 25-26
Reina Valera Actualizada
25 “Cuando haya pleito entre algunos y acudan al tribunal para que los juzguen, absolverán al justo y condenarán al culpable. 2 Sucederá que si el delincuente merece ser azotado, el juez lo hará recostar en el suelo y lo hará azotar en su presencia. El número de azotes será de acuerdo al delito. 3 Podrá darle cuarenta azotes; no añadirá más. No sea que, si se le dan más azotes que estos, tu hermano quede envilecido ante tus ojos.
4 “No pondrás bozal al buey cuando trilla.
El matrimonio levirático
5 “Si unos hermanos viven juntos y muere uno de ellos sin dejar hijo, la mujer del difunto no se casará fuera de la familia con un hombre extraño. Su cuñado se unirá a ella y la tomará como su mujer, y consumará con ella el matrimonio levirático. 6 El primer hijo que ella dé a luz llevará el nombre del hermano muerto, para que el nombre de este no sea borrado de Israel.
7 “Si tal hombre no quiere tomar a su cuñada, entonces su cuñada irá a los ancianos, a la puerta de la ciudad, y dirá: ‘Mi cuñado rehúsa levantar nombre en Israel a su hermano; él no quiere cumplir el matrimonio levirático conmigo’. 8 Entonces los ancianos de su ciudad lo llamarán y hablarán con él. Si él se pone de pie y dice: ‘No quiero tomarla’, 9 entonces su cuñada se acercará a él delante de los ancianos, quitará el calzado del pie de él, le escupirá en la cara y le dirá: ‘¡Así se haga al hombre que no edifica la casa de su hermano!’. 10 Y se llamará su nombre en Israel Casa del Descalzado.
Juicio contra la mujer desvergonzada
11 “Cuando unos hombres peleen, el uno con el otro, y se acerque la mujer de uno de ellos para librar a su marido de manos del que lo golpea, y alargando su mano le agarra por sus partes genitales, 12 entonces le cortarás la mano a ella. Tu ojo no le tendrá lástima.
Exactitud de las pesas y medidas
13 “No tendrás en tu bolsa pesa grande y pesa chica. 14 No tendrás en tu casa medida grande y medida chica. 15 Pesa exacta y justa tendrás; medida exacta y justa tendrás, para que tus días se prolonguen en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da. 16 Porque cualquiera que hace estas cosas, cualquiera que hace injusticia, es una abominación al SEÑOR tu Dios.
Venganza contra Amalec
17 “Acuérdate de lo que te hizo Amalec en el camino, cuando salieron de Egipto: 18 cómo, estando tú cansado y agotado, te salió al encuentro, y sin temor de Dios desbarató tu retaguardia y a todos los debilitados que iban detrás de ti. 19 Sucederá que cuando el SEÑOR tu Dios te haya dado reposo de todos tus enemigos de alrededor, en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da por heredad para que tomes posesión de ella, entonces borrarás de debajo del cielo la memoria de Amalec. ¡No te olvides!
Las primicias de los frutos
26 “Cuando hayas entrado en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da por heredad, y hayas tomado posesión de ella y la habites, 2 entonces tomarás de las primicias de todos los frutos que saques de la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, las pondrás en una canasta e irás al lugar que el SEÑOR tu Dios haya escogido para hacer habitar allí su nombre. 3 Vendrás al sacerdote que haya en aquellos días, y le dirás: ‘Reconozco hoy ante el SEÑOR tu Dios que yo he entrado en la tierra que el SEÑOR juró a nuestros padres que nos daría’.
4 “El sacerdote tomará la canasta de tu mano y la pondrá delante del altar del SEÑOR tu Dios. 5 Entonces hablarás y dirás delante del SEÑOR tu Dios: ‘Un arameo errante fue mi padre. Él descendió a Egipto y vivió allí con unos pocos hombres, y allí llegó a ser una nación grande, fuerte y numerosa. 6 Los egipcios nos maltrataron, nos afligieron e impusieron sobre nosotros dura esclavitud. 7 Pero clamamos al SEÑOR, Dios de nuestros padres, y el SEÑOR escuchó nuestra voz. Vio nuestra aflicción, nuestro trabajo forzado y nuestra opresión, 8 y el SEÑOR nos sacó de Egipto con mano poderosa y brazo extendido, con gran terror, con señales y prodigios. 9 Nos trajo a este lugar y nos dio esta tierra: una tierra que fluye leche y miel. 10 Y ahora, oh SEÑOR, he aquí traigo las primicias del fruto de la tierra que tú me has dado’.
“Lo dejarás delante del SEÑOR tu Dios, y te postrarás delante del SEÑOR tu Dios. 11 Entonces te regocijarás, tú con el levita y el forastero que esté en medio de ti, por todo el bien que el SEÑOR tu Dios te haya dado a ti y a tu casa.
Provisión especial para los pobres
12 “Cuando hayas acabado de entregar todo el diezmo de tus frutos en el año tercero, el año del diezmo, darás al levita, al forastero, al huérfano y a la viuda, para que ellos coman en tus ciudades y se sacien. 13 Entonces dirás delante del SEÑOR tu Dios: ‘Yo he sacado de mi casa lo consagrado, y además lo he dado al levita, al forastero, al huérfano y a la viuda, conforme a todos los mandamientos que me has mandado. No he transgredido tus mandamientos ni me he olvidado. 14 No he comido de ello estando de luto ni he sacado de ello estando impuro ni de ello he ofrecido a los muertos. He obedecido la voz del SEÑOR mi Dios y he hecho conforme a todo lo que me has mandado. 15 Mira desde tu santa morada, desde el cielo, y bendice a tu pueblo Israel y la tierra que nos has dado, como juraste a nuestros padres: una tierra que fluye leche y miel’.
Fin del segundo discurso de Moisés
16 “El SEÑOR tu Dios te manda hoy que cumplas estas leyes y decretos. Cuida, pues, de ponerlos por obra con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma. 17 Tú has proclamado hoy que el SEÑOR es tu Dios y que andarás en sus caminos, que guardarás sus leyes, sus mandamientos y sus decretos, y que escucharás su voz.
18 “El SEÑOR ha proclamado hoy que tú eres su pueblo especial, como él te ha prometido, y que guardarás todos sus mandamientos, 19 de modo que él te ponga más alto que todas las naciones que ha hecho, en cuanto a alabanza, renombre y gloria; para que tú seas un pueblo santo para el SEÑOR tu Dios, como él ha prometido”.