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
.
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
,
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
;
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
:
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
.
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
.
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.
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
;
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
:
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:
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
.
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
.
And all the people shall hear
, and fear
, and do no more presumptuously
.
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;
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
.
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
.
Neither shall he multiply wives
to himself, that his heart
turn
not away: neither shall he greatly
multiply
to himself silver
and gold
.
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
:
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:
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
.