Deuteronomy 17
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1Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, or any evil-favouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. 2If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquire diligently, and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel; 5then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them with stones, that they die. 6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.
8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgement, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; 9and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgement: 10and thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall shew thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee: 11according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgement which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
14When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein; and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are round about me; 15thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, which is not thy brother. 16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 17
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1 “You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or sheep that has a physical defect#Literally “that is on it a physical defect” of anything seriously wrong,#Literally “of any thing bad/evil” for that is a detestable thing to Yahweh your God. 2If there is found in one of your towns#Literally “gates” that Yahweh your God is giving to you a man or a woman that does evil in the eyes of Yahweh your God to transgress his covenant 3and by going and serving other gods and so he bows down to them and to the sun or to the moon or to any of the host of heaven which I have forbidden,#Literally “which not I have commanded” 4and it is reported to you or you hear about it and you enquire about it thoroughly and, indeed,#Or “look!” the trustworthiness of the deed#Hebrew “the thing” has been established, it has occurred,#Literally “has been done” this detestable thing, in Israel, 5then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has#Hebrew “have” done this evil thing to your gates; that is, the man or the woman, and you shall stone them with stones to death.#Literally “and so they die” 6On the evidence of#Literally “By the mouth of” two or three witnesses the person shall be put to death.#Literally “he/she shall be put to death, the dead person” The person#Hebrew “he/she” shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness. 7The hand of the witnesses shall be first against the person#Hebrew “him” to kill the person,#Hebrew “him” and afterward the hands#Hebrew “hand” of all the people, and so you shall purge the evil from your midst.
8“If a matter is too difficult for you,#Literally “If is difficult/wonderful from you a thing for judgment” for example disputes between blood and blood,#Or “between one homicide and another” between legal claim and legal claim#Or “one kind of lawsuit and another” and between assault and assault#Or “one kind of abuse and another” and between matters of discernment in your towns,#Literally “gates” then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose; 9then you shall go to the priests and the Levites and to the judge who will be in office in those days, and you shall enquire, and they shall announce to you the verdict.#Literally “the word of the decision”
10“And you shall carry out exactly the decision#Literally “and you shall do according to the mouth of the word” that they announced to you from that place that Yahweh will choose, and you shall diligently observe#Literally “and you shall observe and do” according to all that they instruct you. 11And so according to the instruction of the law#Literally “mouth of the law” that they teach you and according to the decisions that they say to you, you shall do; you shall not turn from the word that they tell you to the right or to the left. 12And the man who treats with contempt#Or “acts presumptuously” so as not to listen to the priest who is standing to minister on behalf of Yahweh your God or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel. 13And all the people will hear and will be afraid, and they will not behave presumptuously again.
14“When you have come to that land that Yahweh your God is giving to you and you have taken possession of it and you have settled in it, and you say, ‘I will set over me a king like all the nations that are around me,’ 15indeed, you may set a king over you whom Yahweh your God will choose, from the midst of your countrymen#Or “brothers” you must set a king over you; you are not allowed to appoint over you a man, a foreigner, who is not your countryman.#Or “brother” 16Except, he may not make numerous#Literally “not multiply” for himself horses, and he may not allow the people to to go to Egypt in order to increase horses,#Literally “in order to make numerous horse” for Yahweh has said to you that you may never return.#Literally “not you may do again to return” 17And he must not acquire many#Or “make numerous” wives for himself, so that his heart would turn aside; and he must not accumulate silver and gold for himself excessively.#Literally “gold and silver not he must make numerous for him very”
18“And then#Literally “And it shall happen” when he is sitting#Literally “as/when his sitting” on the throne of his kingdom, then he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll before#Literally “to the face of” the Levitical priests. 19And it shall be with him, and he shall read it#Hebrew “in it” all the days of his life, so that he may learn to revere Yahweh your God by diligently observing#Literally “by keeping ... to do them” all the word of this law and these rules, 20so as not to exalt his heart above his countrymen#Or “brothers” and not to turn aside from the commandment to the right or to the left, so that he may reign long over his kingdom,#Literally “he may make long his days over his kingdom” he and his children in the midst of Israel.”
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