Deuteronomy:17

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ylt @Deuteronomy:17:1 @'Thou dost not sacrifice to Jehovah thy God ox or sheep in which there is a blemish -- any evil thing ; for it [is ] the abomination of Jehovah thy God . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:2 @'When there is found in thy midst , in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee , a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant , ylt @Deuteronomy:17:3 @and he doth go and serve other gods , and doth bow himself to them , and to the sun , or to the moon , or to any of the host of the heavens , which I have not commanded -- ylt @Deuteronomy:17:4 @and it hath been declared to thee , and thou hast heard , and hast searched diligently , and lo , truth ; the thing is established ; this abomination hath been done in Israel -- ylt @Deuteronomy:17:5 @'Then thou hast brought out that man , or that woman , who hath done this evil thing , unto thy gates -- the man or the woman -- and thou hast stoned them with stones , and they have died . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:6 @By the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses is he who is dead put to death ; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness ; ylt @Deuteronomy:17:7 @the hand of the witnesses is on him , in the first place , to put him to death , and the hand of all the people last ; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:8 @'When anything is too hard for thee for judgment , between blood and blood , between plea and plea , and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen , and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix , ylt @Deuteronomy:17:9 @and hast come in unto the priests , the Levites , and unto the judge who is in those days , and hast inquired , and they have declared to thee the word of judgment , ylt @Deuteronomy:17:10 @and thou hast done according to the tenor of the word which they declare to thee ([they ] of that place which Jehovah doth choose ; and thou hast observed to do according to all that they direct thee . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:11 @'According to the tenor of the law which they direct thee , and according to the judgment which they say to thee thou dost do ; thou dost not turn aside from the word which they declare to thee , right or left . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:12 @And the man who acteth with presumption , so as not to hearken unto the priest (who is standing to serve there Jehovah thy God ), or unto the judge , even that man hath died , and thou hast put away the evil thing from Israel , ylt @Deuteronomy:17:13 @and all the people do hear and fear , and do not presume any more . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:14 @'When thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee , and hast possessed it , and dwelt in it , and thou hast said , Let me set over me a king like all the nations which [are ] round about me , -- ylt @Deuteronomy:17:15 @thou dost certainly set over thee a king on whom Jehovah doth fix ; from the midst of thy brethren thou dost set over thee a king ; thou art not able to set over thee a stranger , who is not thy brother . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:16 @'Only , he doth not multiply to himself horses , nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt , so as to multiply horses , seeing Jehovah hath said to you , Ye do not add to turn back in this way any more . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:17 @And he doth not multiply to himself wives , and his heart doth not turn aside , and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly . ylt @Deuteronomy:17:18 @'And it hath been , when he sitteth on the throne of his kingdom , that he hath written for himself the copy of this law , on a book , from [that ] before the priests the Levites , ylt @Deuteronomy:17:19 @and it hath been with him , and he hath read in it all days of his life , so that he doth learn to fear Jehovah his God , to keep all the words of this law , and these statutes , to do them ; ylt @Deuteronomy:17:20 @so that his heart is not high above his brethren , and so as not to turn aside from the command , right or left , so that he prolongeth days over his kingdom , he and his sons , in the midst of Israel .

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