Deuteronomy:17:2-20

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* When there shall be found in thy midst , within any of thy gates , which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee , man or woman who doeth the thing which is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God by transgressing his covenant ; * yea hath gone , and served other gods , and bowed down unto them , whether unto the sun or unto the moon or unto any of the host of the heavens which I have not commanded ; * and it shall be told thee and thou shalt hear , and shalt enquire diligently , and lo ! truecertain , is the report , this abominable thing hath been done in Israel , * then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman who hath done this wicked thing , within thy gatesthe man , or the woman , and shalt stone them with stones that they die . * At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses , shall he that is to die be put to death , he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness . * The hand of the witnesses , shall be upon him first to put him to death , and the hand of all the people , afterwards , so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst . * When any matter of judgment , shall be too difficult for theebetween blood and blood between plea and plea or between stroke and stroke , matters of contention within thy gates , then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose ; * and shalt come in unto the priests the Levites , and unto the judge who shall be in those days , and shalt enquire and they shall declare unto thee , the sentence of judgment ; * and thou shalt do according to the sentence which they shall declare unto thee , out of that place , which Yahweh , shall choose , yea thou shalt observe to do according to all which they shall direct thee : * according to the direction wherewith they direct thee and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee , shalt thou do , thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left . * And , the man who shall do presumptuously by not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there to Yahweh thy God , or unto the judge , that man shall die , and so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel . * And , all the people , shall hear and fear , and shall not act presumptuously any more . * When thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee , and shalt possess it and dwell therein , and shalt say I will set over me a king , like all the nations that are round about me , * thou shalt , set , over thee as king , him whom Yahweh thy God shall choose , out of the midst of thy brethren , shalt thou set over thee a king , thou mayest not appoint over thee a man that is a foreigner , who is not thy brother . * Moreover he shall not multiply to himself horses , neither shall he cause the people to return to Egypt that he may multiply horses , when , Yahweh , hath said unto you , Ye shall not again return this way any more . * Neither shall he multiply to himself wives , that his heart turn not aside , nor silver and gold , shall he multiply to himself greatly . * But it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom , then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll , out of that which is before the priests the Levites : * so shall it be with him , and he shall read therein all the days of his life , that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God , to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them : * that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren , and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left , that he may prolong his days over his kingdomhe and his sons , in the midst of Israel .

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