" aYou shall not sacrifice to the LORD
your God
an ox
or a sheep
which
has
a blemish
or any
1defect
, for that is a detestable
thing
to the LORD
your God
.
" aIf there is found
in your midst
, in any
of your 1towns
, which
the LORD
your God
is giving
you, a man
or
a woman
who
does
what
is evil
in the sight
of the LORD
your God
, by transgressing
His covenant
,
and has gone and aserved
other
gods
and worshiped
them, bor the sun
or
the moon
or
any
of the heavenly
host
, cwhich
I have not commanded
,
and if it is told you and you have heard
of it, then you shall inquire
thoroughly
. Behold
, if it is true
and the thing
certain
that this
detestable
thing
has been done
in Israel
,
then you shall bring out that man
or
that woman
who
has done
this
evil
deed
to your gates
, that is, the man
or
the woman
, and ayou shall stone
them to 1death
.
" aOn the 1evidence of two
witnesses
or
three
witnesses
, he who is to die
shall be put
to death
; he shall not be put
to death
on the 1evidence
of one
witness
.
" aThe hand of the witnesses
shall be first
against him to put
him to death
, and afterward
the hand
of all
the people
. bSo you shall purge
the evil
from your midst
.
" aIf any case
is too
difficult
for you to decide
, between
1one kind of homicide
or another
, between
2one kind of lawsuit
or another
, and between
3one kind of assault
or another
, being cases
of dispute
in your 4courts
, then you shall arise
and go
up to bthe place
which
the LORD
your God
chooses
.
"So you shall come to athe Levitical
priest
or the judge
who
is in office in those
days
, and you shall inquire
of them and they will declare
to you the verdict
in the case
.
"You shall do according
to the 1terms
of the verdict
which
they declare
to you from that place
which
the LORD
chooses
; and you shall be careful
to observe
according to all
that they teach
you.
" aAccording to the 1terms
of the law
which
they teach
you, and according
to the verdict
which
they tell
you, you shall do
; you shall not turn
aside
from the word
which
they declare
to you, to the right
or the left
.
"The man who
acts
apresumptuously
by not listening
to the priest
who stands
there
to serve
the LORD
your God
, nor
to the judge
, that man
shall die
; thus you shall purge
the evil
from Israel
.
"Then all the people
will hear
and be afraid
, and will not act
apresumptuously
again
.
"When you enter
the land
which
the LORD
your God
gives
you, and you apossess
it and live
in it, and you say
, ` bI will set
a king
over
me like all
the nations
who
are around
me,'
you shall surely set
a king
over
you whom
the LORD
your God
chooses
, one afrom among
your 1countrymen
you shall set
as king
over
yourselves; you may
not put
a foreigner
over
yourselves who
is not your 1countryman
.
" aMoreover, he shall not multiply
horses
for himself, nor
shall he bcause the people
to return
to Egypt
to multiply
horses
, since cthe LORD
has said
to you, `You shall never
again
return
that way
.'
" aHe shall not multiply wives
for himself, 1or
else
his heart
will turn
away
; nor
shall he greatly
increase
silver
and gold
for himself.
"Now it shall come about when he sits
on the throne
of his kingdom
, he shall write
for himself a copy
of this
law
on a scroll
1 ain the presence
of the Levitical
priests
.
"It shall be with him and he shall read it aall
the days
of his life
, that he may learn
to fear
the LORD
his God
, 1by carefully
observing
all
the words
of this
law
and these
statutes
,
that his heart may not be lifted
up above
his 1countrymen
aand that he may not turn
aside
from the commandment
, to the right
or the left
, so
that he and his sons
may continue
long
in his kingdom
in the midst
of Israel
.