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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 sacrifice H2076 (QalImpf) unto the Lord H3068 thy God H430 any bullock, H7794 or sheep, H7716§ wherein is blemish, H3971 or any evilfavouredness: H7451 for that is an abomination H8441 unto the Lord H3068 thy God. H430 [2] If there be found H4672 (NiphImpf) among H7130 you, within any H259 of thy gates H8179 which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) thee, man H376 or woman, H802 that hath wrought H6213 (QalImpf) wickedness H7451 in the sight H5869 of the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 in transgressing H5674 (QalInf) his covenant, H1285 [3] and hath gone H3212 (QalImpf) and served H5647 (QalImpf) other H312 gods, H430 and worshipped H7812 (HithImpf) them, either the sun, H8121 or moon, H3394 or any of the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 which I have not commanded; H6680 (PielPerf) [4] and it be told H5046 (HophPerf) thee, and thou hast heard H8085 (QalPerf) of it, and enquired H1875 (QalPerf) diligently, H3190 (HiphInf) and, behold, it be true, H571 and the thing H1697 certain, H3559 (NiphPtc) that such abomination H8441 is wrought H6213 (NiphPerf) in Israel: H3478 [5] then shalt thou bring forth H3318 (HiphPerf) that man H376 or that woman, H802 which have committed H6213 (QalPerf) that wicked H7451 thing, H1697 unto thy gates, H8179 even that man H376 or that woman, H802 and shalt stone H5619 (QalPerf) them with stones, H68 till they die. H4191 (QalPerf) [6] At the mouth H6310 of two H8147 witnesses, H5707 or three H7969 witnesses, H5707 shall he that is worthy of death H4191 (HophImpf) be put to death; H4191 (QalPtc) but at the mouth H6310 of one H259 witness H5707 he shall not be put to death. H4191 (HophImpf) [7] The hands H3027 of the witnesses H5707 shall be first H7223 upon him to put him to death, H4191 (HiphInf) and afterward H314 the hands H3027 of all the people. H5971 So thou shalt put H1197 the evil H7451 away H1197 (PielPerf) from among H7130 you. [8] If there arise a matter H1697 too hard H6381 (NiphImpf) for thee in judgment, H4941 between blood H1818 and blood, H1818 between plea H1779 and plea, H1779 and between stroke H5061 and stroke, H5061 being matters H1697 of controversy H7379 within thy gates: H8179 then shalt thou arise, H6965 (QalPerf) and get thee up H5927 (QalPerf) into the place H4725 which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 shall choose; H977 (QalImpf) [9] and thou shalt come H935 (QalPerf) unto the priests H3548 the Levites, H3881 and unto the judge H8199 (QalActPtc) that shall be in those days, H3117 and enquire; H1875 (QalPerf) and they shall shew H5046 (HiphPerf) thee the sentence H1697 of judgment: H4941 [10] and thou shalt do H6213 (QalPerf) according to the sentence, H6310 which they of that place H4725 which the Lord H3068 shall choose H977 (QalImpf) shall shew H5046 (HiphImpf) thee; and thou shalt observe H8104 (QalPerf) to do H6213 (QalInf) according to all that they inform H3384 (HiphImpf) thee: [11] according to the sentence H6310 of the law H8451 which they shall teach H3384 (HiphImpf) thee, and according to the judgment H4941 which they shall tell H559 (QalImpf) thee, thou shalt do: H6213 (QalImpf) thou shalt not decline H5493 (QalImpf) from the sentence H1697 which they shall shew H5046 (HiphImpf) thee, to the right hand, H3225 nor to the left. H8040 [12] And the man H376 that will do H6213 (QalImpf) presumptuously, H2087 and will not hearken H8085 (QalInf)§ unto the priest H3548 that standeth H5975 (QalActPtc) to minister H8334 (PielInf) there before the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 or unto the judge, H8199 (QalActPtc) even that man H376 shall die: H4191 (QalPerf) and thou shalt put away H1197 (PielPerf) the evil H7451 from Israel. H3478 [13] And all the people H5971 shall hear, H8085 (QalImpf) and fear, H3372 (QalImpf) and do no more presumptuously. H2102 (HiphImpf) [14] When thou art come H935 (QalImpf) unto the land H776 which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) thee, and shalt possess H3423 (QalPerf) it, and shalt dwell H3427 (QalPerf) therein, and shalt say, H559 (QalPerf) I will set H7760 (QalImpf) a king H4428 over me, like as all the nations H1471 that are about H5439 me; [15] thou shalt in any wise H7760 (QalInf) set H7760 (QalImpf) him king H4428 over thee, whom the Lord H3068 thy God H430 shall choose: H977 (QalImpf) one from among H7130 thy brethren H251 shalt thou set H7760 (QalImpf) king H4428 over thee: thou mayest H3201 (QalImpf) not set H5414 (QalInf) a stranger H5237 over thee, which is not thy brother. H251 [16] But he shall not multiply H7235 (HiphImpf) horses H5483 to himself, nor cause the people H5971 to return H7725 (HiphImpf) to Egypt, H4714 to the end that he should multiply H7235 (HiphInf) horses: H5483 forasmuch as the Lord H3068 hath said H559 (QalPerf) unto you, Ye shall henceforth H3254 (HiphImpf) return H7725 (QalInf) no more that way. H1870 [17] Neither shall he multiply H7235 (HiphImpf) wives H802 to himself, that his heart H3824 turn H5493 (QalImpf) not away: neither shall he greatly H3966 multiply H7235 (HiphImpf) to himself silver H3701 and gold. H2091 [18] And it shall be, when he sitteth H3427 (QalInf) upon the throne H3678 of his kingdom, H4467 that he shall write H3789 (QalPerf) him a copy H4932 of this law H8451 in a book H5612 out of that which is before H6440 the priests H3548 the Levites: H3881 [19] and it shall be with him, and he shall read H7121 (QalPerf) therein all the days H3117 of his life: H2416 that he may learn H3925 (QalImpf) to fear H3372 (QalInf) the Lord H3068 his God, H430 to keep H8104 (QalInf) all the words H1697 of this law H8451 and these statutes, H2706 to do H6213 (QalInf) them: [20] that his heart H3824 be not lifted up H7311 (QalInf) above his brethren, H251 and that he turn not aside H5493 (QalInf) from the commandment, H4687 to the right hand, H3225 or to the left: H8040 to the end that he may prolong H748 (HiphImpf) his days H3117 in his kingdom, H4467 he, and his children, H1121 in the midst H7130 of Israel. H3478

Footnotes

  1. § 17:1 Or, goat
  2. § 17:12 Heb. not to hearken
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