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Deuteronomy 17
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17You are not to sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox and a sheep that has a defect or any flaw it, because that is detestable to the Lord your God."16H2076H3068H430H7794H7716H3971H7451H1697H8441H3068H430

Death to the Idolater

2"You may discover that a man or woman living in one of your cities that the Lord your God is about to give you has done evil in the eyes of the Lord your God by transgressing his covenant.H4672H7130H259H8179H3068H430H5414H376H802H6213H7451H5869H3068H430H5674H1285 3He may be following and serving other gods by bowing down to them - that is, to the sun, the moon, or to any of the heavenly host (something I did not command).H3212H5647H312H430H7812H8121H3394H6635H8064H6680 4When it is reported to you or you hear of it, then investigate it thoroughly. When the truth has been established that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,H5046H8085H1875H3190H571H1697H3559H8441H6213H3478 5summon the man or the woman who did this evil thing to your city gates. Then stone the man or the woman to death.H3318H376H802H6213H7451H1697H8179H376H802H5619H68H4191 6Based on the testimony of two or three witnesses, they must surely die. But they are not to die based on the testimony of one person.H6310H8147H5707H7969H5707H4191H4191H6310H259H5707H4191 7Let the witnesses be the first to begin executing them, then the rest of the people shall follow. By doing this you will purge evil from among you."5H3027H5707H7223H4191H314H3027H5971H1197H7451H1197H7130

Deciding Difficult Cases

8"If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the Lord your God will choose.H1697H6381H4941H1818H1818H1779H1779H5061H5061H1697H7379H8179H6965H5927H4725H3068H430H977 9Present the case to the Levitical priest or the judge at that time. When you have inquired and they have announced the verdict,H935H3548H3881H8199H3117H1875H5046H1697H4941 10carry out the verdict that was declared to you at the place that the Lord will choose. Carefully observe all of their instructions to youH6213H6310H1697H4725H3068H977H5046H8104H6213H3384 11in accordance with what the Law says, and in accordance with the verdict that will be handed to you. You must not deviate from the verdict that they declare to you either to the right or to the left.H6310H8451H3384H4941H559H6213H5493H1697H5046H3225H8040 12"If a man presumptuously disregards the priest who is serving the Lord your God there or the judge, that person must die so you will purge evil from Israel.H376H6213H2087H8085H3548H5975H8334H3068H430H8199H376H4191H1197H7451H3478 13Then all the people who hear will be afraid and will not act presumptuously again."H5971H8085H3372H2102

Duties of the Future King

14"When you have come to the land that the Lord your God is about to give you, and you have taken possession of it, and have settled in it, then you will say, 'I will appoint a king over me like all the nations around me.'H935H776H3068H430H5414H3423H3427H559H7760H4428H1471H5439 15You will certainly set a king over you, whom the Lord your God will choose from among your relatives, but you must not place a foreign king over you who is not from your relatives.H7760H7760H4428H3068H430H977H7130H251H7760H4428H3201H5414H5237H376H251 16Only he must not amass horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt to obtain more horses. For the Lord said you must never return that way again.H7235H5483H5971H7725H4714H7235H5483H3068H559H3254H7725H1870 17Also, he must not accumulate wives for himself (otherwise, his affection will become diverted), nor accumulate for himself excessive quantities of silver and gold.H7235H802H3824H5493H3966H7235H3701H2091 18When he occupies his royal throne, he must make a copy of this Law for himself from a scroll used by the Levitical priests.H3427H3678H4467H3789H4932H8451H5612H6440H3548H3881 19It shall remain with him the rest of his life so he may learn to fear the Lord his God and observe all the words of this Law and these statutes, in order to fulfill them.H7121H3117H2416H3925H3372H3068H430H8104H1697H8451H2706H6213 20He is not to exalt himself over his relatives, nor turn aside from the commandment - neither to the right nor to the left - so that he and his sons may reign long in Israel."H3824H7311H251H5493H4687H3225H8040H748H3117H4467H1121H7130H3478


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