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World English Bible

Deuteronomy 17 (WEBP)

[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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Deuteronomy 17 (KJVS)

[1] Thou shalt not sacrifice () unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
[2] If there be found () among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth () thee, man or woman, that hath wrought () wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing () his covenant,
[3] and hath gone () and served () other gods, and worshipped () them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ()
[4] and it be told () thee, and thou hast heard () of it, and enquired () diligently, () and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, () that such abomination is wrought () in Israel:
[5] then shalt thou bring forth () that man or that woman, which have committed () that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone () them with stones, till they die. ()
[6] At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death () be put to death; () but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. ()
[7] The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, () and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away () from among you.
[8] If there arise a matter too hard () for thee in judgment, 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 () into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; ()
[9] and thou shalt come () unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge () that shall be in those days, and enquire; () and they shall shew () thee the sentence of judgment:
[10] and thou shalt do () according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose () shall shew () thee; and thou shalt observe () to do () according to all that they inform () thee:
[11] according to the sentence of the law which they shall teach () thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell () thee, thou shalt do: () thou shalt not decline () from the sentence which they shall shew () thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
[12] And the man that will do () presumptuously, and will not hearken () 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.
[13] And all the people shall hear, () and fear, () and do no more presumptuously. ()
[14] When 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 about me;
[15] thou 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 set () a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
[16] But 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.
[17] Neither shall he multiply () wives to himself, that his heart turn () not away: neither shall he greatly multiply () to himself silver and gold.
[18] And 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:
[19] and 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:
[20] that 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.

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

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Deuteronomy 17 (BYZ)

[1] Οὐ () θύσεις () κυρίῳ () τῷ () θεῷ () σου () μόσχον () ἢ () πρόβατον, () ἐν () ᾧ () ἐστιν () ἐν () αὐτῷ () μῶμος, () πᾶν () ῥῆμα () πονηρόν, () ὅτι () βδέλυγμα () κυρίῳ () τῷ () θεῷ () σού () ἐστιν. ()
[2] Ἐὰν () δὲ () εὑρεθῇ () ἐν () σοὶ () ἐν () μιᾷ () τῶν () πόλεών () σου, () ὧν () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () δίδωσίν () σοι, () ἀνὴρ () ἢ () γυνή, () ὅστις () ποιήσει () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐναντίον () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () σου () παρελθεῖν () τὴν () διαθήκην () αὐτοῦ, ()
[3] καὶ () ἐλθόντες () λατρεύσωσιν () θεοῖς () ἑτέροις () καὶ () προσκυνήσωσιν () αὐτοῖς, () τῷ () ἡλίῳ () ἢ () τῇ () σελήνῃ () ἢ () παντὶ () τῶν () ἐκ () τοῦ () κόσμου () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () ἃ () οὐ () προσέταξεν, ()
[4] καὶ () ἀναγγελῇ () σοι, () καὶ () ἐκζητήσεις () σφόδρα, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἀληθῶς () γέγονεν () τὸ () ῥῆμα, () γεγένηται () τὸ () βδέλυγμα () τοῦτο () ἐν () Ισραηλ, ()
[5] καὶ () ἐξάξεις () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον () ἐκεῖνον () ἢ () τὴν () γυναῖκα () ἐκείνην () καὶ () λιθοβολήσετε () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () λίθοις, () καὶ () τελευτήσουσιν. ()
[6] Ἐπὶ () δυσὶν () μάρτυσιν () ἢ () ἐπὶ () τρισὶν () μάρτυσιν () ἀποθανεῖται () ὁ () ἀποθνῄσκων· () οὐκ () ἀποθανεῖται () ἐφ’ () ἑνὶ () μάρτυρι. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἡ () χεὶρ () τῶν () μαρτύρων () ἔσται () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () ἐν () πρώτοις () θανατῶσαι () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἡ () χεὶρ () παντὸς () τοῦ () λαοῦ () ἐπ’ () ἐσχάτων· () καὶ () ἐξαρεῖς () τὸν () πονηρὸν () ἐξ () ὑμῶν () αὐτῶν. ()
[8] Ἐὰν () δὲ () ἀδυνατήσῃ () ἀπὸ () σοῦ () ῥῆμα () ἐν () κρίσει () ἀνὰ () μέσον () αἷμα () αἵματος () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () κρίσις () κρίσεως () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἁφὴ () ἁφῆς () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἀντιλογία () ἀντιλογίας, () ῥήματα () κρίσεως () ἐν () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () ἀναστὰς () ἀναβήσῃ () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον, () ὃν () ἂν () ἐκλέξηται κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () ἐκεῖ, ()
[9] καὶ () ἐλεύσῃ () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () τοὺς () Λευίτας () καὶ () πρὸς () τὸν () κριτήν, () ὃς () ἂν () γένηται () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις, () καὶ () ἐκζητήσαντες () ἀναγγελοῦσίν () σοι () τὴν () κρίσιν. ()
[10] Καὶ () ποιήσεις () κατὰ () τὸ () πρᾶγμα, () ὃ () ἐὰν () ἀναγγείλωσίν () σοι () ἐκ () τοῦ () τόπου, () οὗ () ἂν () ἐκλέξηται κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () φυλάξῃ () σφόδρα () ποιῆσαι () κατὰ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐὰν () νομοθετηθῇ () σοι· ()
[11] κατὰ () τὸν () νόμον () καὶ () κατὰ () τὴν () κρίσιν, () ἣν () ἂν () εἴπωσίν () σοι, () ποιήσεις, () οὐκ () ἐκκλινεῖς () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ῥήματος, () οὗ () ἐὰν () ἀναγγείλωσίν () σοι, () δεξιὰ () οὐδὲ () ἀριστερά. ()
[12] Καὶ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος, () ὃς () ἂν () ποιήσῃ () ἐν () ὑπερηφανίᾳ () τοῦ () μὴ () ὑπακοῦσαι () τοῦ () ἱερέως () τοῦ () παρεστηκότος () λειτουργεῖν () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () σου () ἢ () τοῦ () κριτοῦ, () ὃς () ἂν () ᾖ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις, () καὶ () ἀποθανεῖται () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐκεῖνος, () καὶ () ἐξαρεῖς () τὸν () πονηρὸν () ἐξ () Ισραηλ· ()
[13] καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ἀκούσας () φοβηθήσεται καὶ () οὐκ () ἀσεβήσει () ἔτι. ()
[14] Ἐὰν () δὲ () εἰσέλθῃς () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () δίδωσίν () σοι () ἐν () κλήρῳ, () καὶ () κληρονομήσῃς () αὐτὴν () καὶ () κατοικήσῃς () ἐπ’ () αὐτῆς () καὶ () εἴπῃς Καταστήσω () ἐπ’ () ἐμαυτὸν () ἄρχοντα () καθὰ () καὶ () τὰ () λοιπὰ () ἔθνη () τὰ () κύκλῳ () μου, ()
[15] καθιστῶν () καταστήσεις () ἐπὶ () σεαυτὸν () ἄρχοντα, () ὃν () ἂν () ἐκλέξηται κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () αὐτόν. () Ἐκ () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () σου () καταστήσεις () ἐπὶ () σεαυτὸν () ἄρχοντα· () οὐ () δυνήσῃ () καταστῆσαι () ἐπὶ () σεαυτὸν () ἄνθρωπον () ἀλλότριον, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀδελφός () σού () ἐστιν. ()
[16] Διότι () οὐ () πληθυνεῖ () ἑαυτῷ () ἵππον () οὐδὲ () μὴ () ἀποστρέψῃ () τὸν () λαὸν () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον, () ὅπως () πληθύνῃ () ἑαυτῷ () ἵππον, () ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () εἶπεν Οὐ () προσθήσετε () ἀποστρέψαι () τῇ () ὁδῷ () ταύτῃ () ἔτι. ()
[17] Καὶ () οὐ () πληθυνεῖ () ἑαυτῷ () γυναῖκας, () οὐδὲ () μεταστήσεται () αὐτοῦ () ἡ () καρδία· () καὶ () ἀργύριον () καὶ () χρυσίον () οὐ () πληθυνεῖ () ἑαυτῷ () σφόδρα. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὅταν () καθίσῃ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () ἀρχῆς () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () γράψει () ἑαυτῷ () τὸ () δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο () εἰς () βιβλίον () παρὰ () τῶν () ἱερέων () τῶν () Λευιτῶν, ()
[19] καὶ () ἔσται () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀναγνώσεται () ἐν () αὐτῷ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τῆς () ζωῆς () αὐτοῦ, () ἵνα () μάθῃ () φοβεῖσθαι κύριον () τὸν () θεὸν () αὐτοῦ () φυλάσσεσθαι () πάσας () τὰς () ἐντολὰς () ταύτας () καὶ () τὰ () δικαιώματα () ταῦτα () ποιεῖν, ()
[20] ἵνα () μὴ () ὑψωθῇ () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () αὐτοῦ, () ἵνα () μὴ () παραβῇ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἐντολῶν () δεξιὰ () ἢ () ἀριστερά, () ὅπως () ἂν () μακροχρονίσῃ ἐπὶ () τῆς () ἀρχῆς () αὐτοῦ, () αὐτὸς () καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.