Deuteronomy 17 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is a defect or anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God. ^[2] If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight in transgressing his covenant, ^[3] and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not commanded, ^[4] and you are told, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel, ^[5] then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, even that same man or woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones. ^[6] At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. ^[7] The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you. ^[8] If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses. ^[9] You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict. ^[10] You shall do according to the decisions of the verdict which they shall give you from that place which Yahweh chooses. You shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you. ^[11] According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left. ^[12] The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel. ^[13] All the people shall hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously. ^[14] When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,” ^[15] you shall surely set him whom Yahweh your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. ^[16] Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.” ^[17] He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. ^[18] It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests. ^[19] It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; ^[20] that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away 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 middle of Israel.

King James Version

^[1] Thou shalt not sacrificeH2076(QalImpf) unto the LordH3068 thy GodH430 [any] bullock,H7794 or sheep,H7716 wherein is blemish,H3971 [or] any evilfavouredness:H7451 for that [is] an abominationH8441 unto the LordH3068 thy God.H430 ^[2] If there be foundH4672(NiphImpf) amongH7130 you, within anyH259 of thy gatesH8179 which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414(QalActPtc) thee, manH376 or woman,H802 that hath wroughtH6213(QalImpf) wickednessH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068 thy God,H430 in transgressingH5674(QalInf) his covenant,H1285 ^[3] And hath goneH3212(QalImpf) and servedH5647(QalImpf) otherH312 gods,H430 and worshippedH7812(HithImpf) them, either the sun,H8121 or moon,H3394 or any of the hostH6635 of heaven,H8064 which I have not commanded;H6680(PielPerf) ^[4] And it be toldH5046(HophPerf) thee, and thou hast heardH8085(QalPerf) [of it], and enquiredH1875(QalPerf) diligently,H3190(HiphInf) and, behold, [it be] true,H571 [and] the thingH1697 certain,H3559(NiphPtc) [that] such abominationH8441 is wroughtH6213(NiphPerf) in Israel:H3478 ^[5] Then shalt thou bring forthH3318(HiphPerf) that manH376 or that woman,H802 which have committedH6213(QalPerf) that wickedH7451 thing,H1697 unto thy gates,H8179 [even] that manH376 or that woman,H802 and shalt stoneH5619(QalPerf) them with stones,H68 till they die.H4191(QalPerf) ^[6] At the mouthH6310 of twoH8147 witnesses,H5707 or threeH7969 witnesses,H5707 shall he that is worthy of deathH4191(HophImpf) be put to death;H4191(QalPtc) [but] at the mouthH6310 of oneH259 witnessH5707 he shall not be put to death.H4191(HophImpf) ^[7] The handsH3027 of the witnessesH5707 shall be firstH7223 upon him to put him to death,H4191(HiphInf) and afterwardH314 the handsH3027 of all the people.H5971 So thou shalt putH1197 the evilH7451 awayH1197(PielPerf) from amongH7130 you. ^[8] If there arise a matterH1697 too hardH6381(NiphImpf) for thee in judgment,H4941 between bloodH1818 and blood,H1818 between pleaH1779 and plea,H1779 and between strokeH5061 and stroke,H5061 [being] mattersH1697 of controversyH7379 within thy gates:H8179 then shalt thou arise,H6965(QalPerf) and get thee upH5927(QalPerf) into the placeH4725 which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 shall choose;H977(QalImpf) ^[9] And thou shalt comeH935(QalPerf) unto the priestsH3548 the Levites,H3881 and unto the judgeH8199(QalActPtc) that shall be in those days,H3117 and enquire;H1875(QalPerf) and they shall shewH5046(HiphPerf) thee the sentenceH1697 of judgment:H4941 ^[10] And thou shalt doH6213(QalPerf) according to the sentence,H6310 which they of that placeH4725 which the LordH3068 shall chooseH977(QalImpf) shall shewH5046(HiphImpf) thee; and thou shalt observeH8104(QalPerf) to doH6213(QalInf) according to all that they informH3384(HiphImpf) thee: ^[11] According to the sentenceH6310 of the lawH8451 which they shall teachH3384(HiphImpf) thee, and according to the judgmentH4941 which they shall tellH559(QalImpf) thee, thou shalt do:H6213(QalImpf) thou shalt not declineH5493(QalImpf) from the sentenceH1697 which they shall shewH5046(HiphImpf) thee, [to] the right hand,H3225 nor [to] the left.H8040 ^[12] And the manH376 that will doH6213(QalImpf) presumptuously,H2087 and will not hearkenH8085(QalInf) unto the priestH3548 that standethH5975(QalActPtc) to ministerH8334(PielInf) there before the LordH3068 thy God,H430 or unto the judge,H8199(QalActPtc) even that manH376 shall die:H4191(QalPerf) and thou shalt put awayH1197(PielPerf) the evilH7451 from Israel.H3478 ^[13] And all the peopleH5971 shall hear,H8085(QalImpf) and fear,H3372(QalImpf) and do no more presumptuously.H2102(HiphImpf) ^[14] When thou art comeH935(QalImpf) unto the landH776 which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414(QalActPtc) thee, and shalt possessH3423(QalPerf) it, and shalt dwellH3427(QalPerf) therein, and shalt say,H559(QalPerf) I will setH7760(QalImpf) a kingH4428 over me, like as all the nationsH1471 that [are] aboutH5439 me; ^[15] Thou shalt in any wiseH7760(QalInf) setH7760(QalImpf) [him] kingH4428 over thee, whom the LordH3068 thy GodH430 shall choose:H977(QalImpf) [one] from amongH7130 thy brethrenH251 shalt thou setH7760(QalImpf) kingH4428 over thee: thou mayestH3201(QalImpf) not setH5414(QalInf) a strangerH5237 over thee, which [is] not thy brother.H251 ^[16] But he shall not multiplyH7235(HiphImpf) horsesH5483 to himself, nor cause the peopleH5971 to returnH7725(HiphImpf) to Egypt,H4714 to the end that he should multiplyH7235(HiphInf) horses:H5483 forasmuch as the LordH3068 hath saidH559(QalPerf) unto you, Ye shall henceforthH3254(HiphImpf) returnH7725(QalInf) no more that way.H1870 ^[17] Neither shall he multiplyH7235(HiphImpf) wivesH802 to himself, that his heartH3824 turnH5493(QalImpf) not away: neither shall he greatlyH3966 multiplyH7235(HiphImpf) to himself silverH3701 and gold.H2091 ^[18] And it shall be, when he sittethH3427(QalInf) upon the throneH3678 of his kingdom,H4467 that he shall writeH3789(QalPerf) him a copyH4932 of this lawH8451 in a bookH5612 out of [that which is] beforeH6440 the priestsH3548 the Levites:H3881 ^[19] And it shall be with him, and he shall readH7121(QalPerf) therein all the daysH3117 of his life:H2416 that he may learnH3925(QalImpf) to fearH3372(QalInf) the LordH3068 his God,H430 to keepH8104(QalInf) all the wordsH1697 of this lawH8451 and these statutes,H2706 to doH6213(QalInf) them: ^[20] That his heartH3824 be not lifted upH7311(QalInf) above his brethren,H251 and that he turn not asideH5493(QalInf) from the commandment,H4687 [to] the right hand,H3225 or [to] the left:H8040 to the end that he may prolongH748(HiphImpf) [his] daysH3117 in his kingdom,H4467 he, and his children,H1121 in the midstH7130 of Israel.H3478

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