Deuteronomy:17-20
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Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock ,
or sheep ,
wherein is blemish m #
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or any evilfavouredness ra #:
for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God .
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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 ,
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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 ;
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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 Yisra #
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Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman ,
which have committed that wicked thing ,
unto thy gates sha #
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even that man or that woman ,
and shalt stone them with stones ,
till they die .
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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 .
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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 putthe evil away from among you .
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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 sha #
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then shalt thou arise ,
and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose ;
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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 :
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And thou shalt do according to the sentence peh #,
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 :
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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 s @
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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 Yisra #
el #.
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And all the people shall hear ,
and fear ,
and do no more presumptuously .
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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 ;
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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 nokriy #
over thee ,
which is not thy brother .
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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 .
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Neither shall he multiply wives to himself ,
that his heart turn not away :
neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold .
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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 :
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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 :
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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 s @
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to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom ,
he ,
and his children ,
in the midst of Israel Yisra #
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The priests the Levites ,
and all the tribe of Levi ,
shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel Yisra #
el #:
they shall eat the offeringsof the LORD made by fire ,
and his inheritance .
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Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren :
the LORD is their inheritance ,
as he hath said unto them .
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And this shall be the priests due from the people ,
from them that offer a sacrifice ,
whether it be ox or sheep ;
and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder ,
and the two cheeks ,
and the maw .
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The firstfruit also of thy corn ,
of thy wine ,
and of thine oil ,
and the first of the fleece of thy sheep tso #
n #,
shalt thou give him .
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For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes ,
to stand to minister in the name of the LORD ,
him and his sons for ever .
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And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel Yisra #
el #,
where he sojourned ,
and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose ;
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Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God ,
as all his brethren the Levites do ,
which stand there before the LORD .
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They shall have like portions to eat ,
beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony .
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When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations .
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There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire ,
or that useth divination ,
or an observer of times ,
or an enchanter ,
or a witch ,
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Or a charmer ,
or a consulter with familiar spirits ,
or a wizard yidd @#
oniy #,
or a necromancer .
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For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD :
and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee .
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Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God .
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For these nations ,
which thou shalt possess ,
hearkened unto observers of times ,
and unto diviners :
but as for thee ,
the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do .
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The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee ,
of thy brethren ,
like unto me ;
unto him ye shall hearken ;
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According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly ,
saying ,
Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God ,
neither let me see this great fire any more ,
that I die not .
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And the LORD said unto me ,
They have well spoken that which they have spoken .
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I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren ,
like unto thee ,
and will put my words in his mouth ;
and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name ,
I will require it of him .
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But the prophet ,
which shall presume to speak a word in my name ,
which I have not commanded him to speak ,
or that shall speak in the name of other gods ,
even that prophet shall die .
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And if thou say in thine heart ,
How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken ?
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When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD ,
if the thing follow not ,
nor come to pass ,
that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken ,
but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously :
thou shalt not be afraid of him .
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When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations ,
whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
and thou succeedest them ,
and dwellest in their cities ,
and in their houses ;
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Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it .
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Thou shalt prepare thee a way ,
and divide the coasts of thy land ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit ,
into three parts ,
that every slayer may flee thither .
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And this is the case of the slayer ,
which shall flee thither ,
that he may live :
Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly b @
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whom he hated not in time past ;
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As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood ,
and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree ,
and the head slippeth from the helve ,
and lighteth upon his neighbour ,
that he die ;
he shall flee unto one of those cities ,
and live :
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Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer #
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while his heart is hot ,
and overtake him ,
because the way is long ,
and slay him ;
whereas he was not worthy of death ,
inasmuch as he hated him not in time past .
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Wherefore I command thee ,
saying ,
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee .
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And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast ,
as he hath sworn unto thy fathers ,
and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers ;
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If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them ,
which I command thee this day ,
to love the LORD thy God ,
and to walk ever in his ways ;
then shalt thou add three cities more for thee ,
beside these three :
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That innocent blood be not shed in thy land ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance ,
and so blood be upon thee .
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But if any man hate his neighbour ,
and lie in wait for him ,
and rise up against him ,
and smite him mortally that he die ,
and fleeth into one of these cities :
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Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence ,
and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood ,
that he may die .
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Thine eye shall not pity him ,
but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel Yisra #
el #,
that it may go well with thee .
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Thou shalt not remove thy neighbours landmark ,
which they of old time have set in thine inheritance ,
which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it .
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One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity ,
or for any sin chatta #
ah #,
in any sin that he sinneth :
at the mouth of two witnesses ,
or at the mouth of three witnesses ,
shall the matter be established .
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If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong ;
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Then both the men ,
between whom the controversy is ,
shall stand before the LORD ,
before the priests and the judges ,
which shall be in those days ;
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And the judges shall make diligent inquisition :
and ,
behold ,
if the witness be a false witness ,
and hath testified falsely against his brother ;
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Then shall ye do unto him ,
as he had thought to have done unto his brother :
so shalt thou putthe evil away from among you .
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And those which remain shall hear ,
and fear ,
and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you .
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And thine eye shall not pity ;
but life shall go for life ,
eye for eye ,
tooth for tooth ,
hand for hand ,
foot for foot .
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When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies ,
and seest horses ,
and chariots ,
and a people more than thou ,
be not afraid of them :
for the LORD thy God is with thee ,
which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt .
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And it shall be ,
when ye are come nigh unto the battle ,
that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people ,
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And shall say unto them ,
Hear ,
O Israel Yisra #
el #,
ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies :
let not your hearts faint ,
fear not ,
and do not tremble ,
neither be ye terrified because of them ;
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For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you ,
to fight for you against your enemies ,
to save you .
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And the officers shall speak unto the people ,
saying ,
What man is there that hath built a new house ,
and hath not dedicated it ?
let him go and return to his house ,
lest he die in the battle ,
and another man dedicate it .
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And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard ,
and hath not yet eaten of it ?
let him also go and return unto his house ,
lest he die in the battle ,
and another man eat of it .
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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife ,
and hath not taken her ?
let him go and return unto his house ,
lest he die in the battle ,
and another man take her .
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And the officers shall speak further unto the people ,
and they shall say ,
What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted rak #?
let him go and return unto his house ,
lest his brethrens heart faint as well as his heart .
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And it shall be ,
when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people ,
that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people .
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When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it ,
then proclaim peace unto it .
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And it shall be ,
if it make thee answer of peace ,
and open unto thee ,
then it shall be ,
that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee ,
and they shall serve thee .
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And if it will make no peace with thee ,
but will make war against thee ,
then thou shalt besiege it :
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And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands ,
thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword :
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But the women ,
and the little ones ,
and the cattle ,
and all that is in the city ,
even all the spoil thereof ,
shalt thou take unto thyself ;
and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies ,
which the LORD thy God hath given thee .
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Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee ,
which are not of the cities of these nations .
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But of the cities of these people ,
which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance ,
thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth :
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But thou shalt utterly destroy them ;
namely ,
the Hittites ,
and the Amorites ,
the Canaanites K @
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and the Perizzites ,
the Hivites ,
and the Jebusites ;
as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee :
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That they teach you not to do after all their abominations tow #
ebah #,
which they have done unto their gods ;
so should ye sin against the LORD your God .
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When thou shalt besiege a city a long time ,
in making war against it to take it ,
thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them :
for thou mayest eat of them ,
and thou shalt not cut them down (
for the tree of the field is mans life )
to employ them in the siege paniym #:
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Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat ma #
akal #,
thou shalt destroy and cut them down ;
and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee ,
until it be subdued .
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If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it ,
lying in the field ,
and it be not known who hath slain him :