ASV_Strong : Deuteronomy 17
1. Thou shalt not sacrifice[H2076] unto Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] an ox[H7794], or a sheep[H7716], wherein is a blemish[H3971], or anything evil[H7451]; for that is an abomination[H8441] unto Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430].
2. If there be found[H4672] in the midst[H7130] of thee[H259], within any of thy gates[H8179] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee[H376], man or woman[H802], that doeth[H6213] that which is evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], in transgressing[H5674] his covenant[H1285],
3. and hath gone[H3212] and served[H5647] other[H312] gods[H430], and worshipped[H7812] them[H8121], or the sun, or the moon[H3394], or any of the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], which I have not commanded[H6680];
4. and it be told[H5046] thee[H8085], and thou hast heard of it[H1875], then shalt thou inquire diligently[H3190]; and[H571], behold, if it be true, and the thing[H1697] certain[H3559], that such abomination[H8441] is wrought[H6213] in Israel[H3478],
5. then shalt thou bring forth[H3318] that man[H376] or that woman[H802], who hath done[H6213] this evil[H7451] thing[H1697], unto thy gates[H8179], even the man[H376] or the woman[H802]; and thou shalt stone[H5619] them to death[H4191] with stones[H5619].
6. At the mouth[H6310] of two[H8147] witnesses[H5707], or three[H7969] witnesses[H5707], shall he that is to die[H4191] be put to death[H4191]; at the mouth[H6310] of one[H259] witness[H5707] he shall not be put to death[H4191].
7. The hand[H3027] of the witnesses[H5707] shall be first[H7223] upon him to put him to death[H4191], and afterward[H314] the hand[H3027] of all the people[H5971]. So thou shalt put[H1197] away[H1197] the evil[H7451] from the midst of thee[H7130].
8. If there arise a matter[H1697] too hard[H6381] for thee in judgment[H4941], between blood[H1818] and blood[H1818], between plea[H1779] and plea[H1779], and between stroke[H5061] and stroke[H5061], being matters[H1697] of controversy[H7379] within thy gates[H8179]; then shalt thou arise[H6965], and get thee up[H5927] unto the place[H4725] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] shall choose[H977];
9. and thou shalt come[H935] unto the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881], and unto the judge[H8199] that shall be in those days[H3117]: and thou shalt inquire[H1875]; and they shall show[H5046] thee the sentence[H1697] of judgment[H4941].
10. And thou shalt do[H6213] according to the tenor of the sentence[H6310] which they shall show[H5046] thee from that place[H4725] which Jehovah[H3068] shall choose[H977]; and thou shalt observe[H8104] to do[H6213] according to all that they shall teach thee[H3384]:
11. according to the tenor[H6310] of the law[H8451] which they shall teach[H3384] thee[H4941], and according to the judgment which they shall tell[H559] thee[H6213], thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside[H5493] from the sentence[H1697] which they shall show[H5046] thee[H3225], to the right hand, nor to the left[H8040].
12. And the man[H376] that doeth[H6213] presumptuously[H2087], in not hearkening[H8085] unto the priest[H3548] that standeth[H5975] to minister[H8334] there before Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], or unto the judge[H8199], even that man[H376] shall die[H4191]: and thou shalt put away[H1197] the evil[H7451] from Israel[H3478].
13. And all the people[H5971] shall hear[H8085], and fear[H3372], and do no more presumptuously[H2102].
14. When thou art come[H935] unto the land[H776] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee[H3423], and shalt possess it[H3427], and shalt dwell therein[H559], and shalt say, I will set[H7760] a king[H4428] over me[H1471], like all the nations that are round about me[H5439];
15. thou shalt surely[H7760] set[H7760] him king[H4428] over thee[H3068], whom Jehovah thy God[H430] shall choose[H977]: one from among[H7130] thy brethren[H251] shalt thou set[H7760] king[H4428] over thee[H3201]; thou mayest not put[H5414] a foreigner[H5237] over thee[H251], who is not thy brother.
16. Only he shall not multiply[H7235] horses[H5483] to himself[H5971], nor cause the people to return[H7725] to Egypt[H4714], to the end that he may multiply[H7235] horses[H5483]; forasmuch as Jehovah[H3068] hath said[H559] unto you[H3254], Ye shall henceforth return[H7725] no more that way[H1870].
17. Neither shall he multiply[H7235] wives[H802] to himself[H3824], that his heart turn[H5493] not away[H3966]: neither shall he greatly multiply[H7235] to himself silver[H3701] and gold[H2091].
18. And it shall be[H3427], when he sitteth upon the throne[H3678] of his kingdom[H4467], that he shall write[H3789] him a copy[H4932] of this law[H8451] in a book[H5612], out of that which is before[H6440] the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881]:
19. and it shall be with him[H7121], and he shall read therein all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416]; that he may learn[H3925] to fear[H3372] Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430], to keep[H8104] all the words[H1697] of this law[H8451] and these statutes[H2706], to do them[H6213];
20. that his heart[H3824] be not lifted up[H7311] above his brethren[H251], and that he turn not aside[H5493] from the commandment[H4687], to the right hand[H3225], or to the left[H8040]: to the end that he may prolong[H748] his days[H3117] in his kingdom[H4467], he and his children[H1121], in the midst[H7130] of Israel[H3478].
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