▁as ▁war r anted ▁but ▁with ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 ▁l ash es , ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁guilty ▁one ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁de grad ed . ▁Israel ites ▁were ▁forb idden ▁to ▁m uzz le ▁an ▁ox ▁while ▁it ▁was ▁th res hing . ▁A ▁closed ▁portion ▁( , ▁set um ah ) ▁ends ▁here . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁continu ation ▁of ▁the ▁reading , ▁Mos es ▁instruct ed ▁that ▁when ▁brothers ▁dw elt ▁together ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁them ▁died ▁leaving ▁no ▁son , ▁the ▁surv iving ▁brother ▁was ▁to ▁marry ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased ▁and ▁perform ▁the ▁le vir ' s ▁duty , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁son ▁that ▁she ▁bore ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁account ed ▁to ▁the ▁dead ▁brother , ▁that ▁his ▁name ▁might ▁surv ive . ▁But ▁if ▁the ▁surv iving ▁brother ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁marry ▁his ▁brother ' s ▁wid ow , ▁then ▁the ▁wid ow ▁was ▁to ▁appear ▁before ▁the ▁el ders ▁at ▁the ▁town ▁gate ▁and ▁declare ▁that ▁the ▁brother ▁refused ▁to ▁perform ▁the ▁le vir ' s ▁duty , ▁the ▁el ders ▁were ▁to ▁talk ▁to ▁him , ▁and ▁if ▁he ▁ins isted , ▁the ▁wid ow ▁was ▁to ▁go ▁up ▁to ▁him ▁before ▁the ▁el ders , ▁pull ▁the ▁sand al ▁off ▁his ▁foot , ▁sp it ▁in ▁his ▁face , ▁and ▁declare : ▁" Th us ▁shall ▁be ▁done ▁to ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁will ▁not ▁build ▁up ▁his ▁brother ’ s ▁house !" ▁They ▁would ▁then ▁call ▁him ▁" the