Deuteronomy 17
1Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
לֹא־תִזְבַּח לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שֹׁור וָשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בֹו מוּם כֹּל דָּבָר רָע כִּי תֹועֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא׃ (3550)
See also: Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 22:20, Exodus 12:5, Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 15:21, Deuteronomy 23:18, Malachi 1:8, Hebrews 9:14, Deuteronomy 24:4, Genesis 41:3-4, Genesis 41:19, Deuteronomy 25:16, Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 15:8, Malachi 1:13-14, 1 Peter 1:19, Proverbs 20:10
2If 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,
כִּי־יִמָּצֵא בְקִרְבְּךָ בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ אִישׁ אֹו־אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה־אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַעֲבֹר בְּרִיתֹו׃ (5593)
See also: Exodus 22:20, Deuteronomy 13:6, Job 31:28, Leviticus 20:4, Deuteronomy 29:19, Judges 2:20, Hosea 8:1, Hebrews 10:28, Deuteronomy 17:5, Deuteronomy 29:18, Joshua 7:11, Joshua 7:15, Joshua 23:16, 2 Kings 18:12, 2 Chronicles 15:13, Jeremiah 34:18, Ezekiel 14:10, Hosea 6:7, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:25
3And 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;
וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּעֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לָהֶם וְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ׀ אֹו לַיָּרֵחַ אֹו לְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־צִוִּיתִי׃ (3862)
See also: Deuteronomy 4:19, Ezekiel 8:16, 2 Chronicles 33:3, Acts 7:42, Joshua 10:12, 2 Kings 21:3, Job 31:26, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 7:22-23, Jeremiah 19:5, Jeremiah 32:35, Genesis 2:1, Leviticus 10:1, Numbers 25:5, 1 Kings 11:7, Jeremiah 8:2
4And 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:
וְהֻגַּד־לְךָ וְשָׁמָעְתָּ וְדָרַשְׁתָּ הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכֹון הַדָּבָר נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתֹּועֵבָה הַזֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (4933)
See also: Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 13:12-14, Deuteronomy 19:18, John 7:51, Proverbs 25:2, Acts 25:16
5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
וְהֹוצֵאתָ אֶת־הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אֹו אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה הַהִוא אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה אֶל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֶת־הָאִישׁ אֹו אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה וּסְקַלְתָּם בָּאֲבָנִים וָמֵתוּ׃ (7019)
See also: Leviticus 24:14, Joshua 7:25, Hebrews 2:2, Leviticus 24:16, Deuteronomy 17:2, Genesis 34:20, Leviticus 20:2, Deuteronomy 13:10-11, Deuteronomy 21:21, Deuteronomy 22:21, Deuteronomy 22:24
6At 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.
עַל־פִּי ׀ שְׁנַיִם עֵדִים אֹו שְׁלֹשָׁה עֵדִים יוּמַת הַמֵּת לֹא יוּמַת עַל־פִּי עֵד אֶחָד׃ (3145)
See also: 2 Corinthians 13:1, Deuteronomy 19:15, John 8:7, John 8:17, Matthew 18:16, Numbers 35:30, Hebrews 10:28, 1 Timothy 5:19, John 7:51, Revelation 11:3, Genesis 23:11, Romans 6:21
7The 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 put the evil away from among you.
יַד הָעֵדִים תִּהְיֶה־בֹּו בָרִאשֹׁנָה לַהֲמִיתֹו וְיַד כָּל־הָעָם בָּאַחֲרֹנָה וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ׃ (3386)
See also: 1 Corinthians 5:13, Deuteronomy 13:9, Leviticus 24:14, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 17:12, Acts 7:58, Deuteronomy 19:19, Deuteronomy 22:21, Deuteronomy 19:20, Deuteronomy 24:7, Judges 20:13, 1 Samuel 18:17
8If 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: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
כִּי יִפָּלֵא מִמְּךָ דָבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט בֵּין־דָּם ׀ לְדָם בֵּין־דִּין לְדִין וּבֵין נֶגַע לָנֶגַע דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ אֶל־הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֹּו׃ (5195)
See also: Psalms 122:5, Deuteronomy 12:5, Haggai 2:11, John 7:51, Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 25:1, 2 Chronicles 19:10, Malachi 2:7, Genesis 37:26, Exodus 18:15, Exodus 18:16, Exodus 18:22, Exodus 18:26, Exodus 21:12-14, Exodus 21:20, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 22:2, Exodus 22:8
9And 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:
וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וְאֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵט אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְהִגִּידוּ לְךָ אֵת דְּבַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט׃ (3810)
See also: Deuteronomy 19:17, John 8:11, Ezekiel 44:24, Haggai 2:11, Malachi 2:7, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 33:10, Job 31:28, Jeremiah 18:18, Matthew 23:3, Ezra 10:14, Zechariah 7:3, Matthew 21:33
10And thou shalt do according to the sentence, 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:
וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל־פִּי הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יַגִּידוּ לְךָ מִן־הַמָּקֹום הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה וְשָׁמַרְתָּ לַעֲשֹׂות כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יֹורוּךָ׃ (5381)
See also: Matthew 22:2-3
11According 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.
עַל־פִּי הַתֹּורָה אֲשֶׁר יֹורוּךָ וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְרוּ לְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה לֹא תָסוּר מִן־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־יַגִּידוּ לְךָ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל׃ (5741)
See also: Joshua 1:7, 2 Chronicles 34:2, Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 17:20, Deuteronomy 25:1, Deuteronomy 28:14, Joshua 23:6, 2 Samuel 14:19, Proverbs 4:27, Romans 13:1-6, Titus 3:1, 1 Peter 2:13-15, 2 Peter 2:10, Jude 1:8, Malachi 2:8-9
12And 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.
וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה בְזָדֹון לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹעַ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן הָעֹמֵד לְשָׁרֶת שָׁם אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֹו אֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵט וּמֵת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׃ (6897)
See also: Psalms 19:13, Hebrews 10:26, Numbers 15:30, Judges 20:13, Hosea 4:4, 1 Corinthians 5:13, Titus 3:1, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 17:7, Hebrews 2:2, Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 18:5, Deuteronomy 18:7, Ezra 10:8, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, 1 Timothy 5:20, Exodus 21:14, Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 18:20
13And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
וְכָל־הָעָם יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּ וְלֹא יְזִידוּן עֹוד׃ (1024)
See also: Deuteronomy 13:11, 1 Timothy 5:20, Deuteronomy 19:20, Revelation 2:23, Esther 1:20, Numbers 15:30-31
14When 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;
כִּי־תָבֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּה בָּהּ וְאָמַרְתָּ אָשִׂימָה עָלַי מֶלֶךְ כְּכָל־הַגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתָי׃ (5876)
See also: 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 8:19-20, 1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 8:11, Genesis 36:31, Deuteronomy 19:1, Deuteronomy 26:1, Joshua 1:13, Joshua 21:43, 1 Samuel 12:19, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 11:31, Deuteronomy 12:9-10, Deuteronomy 18:9, Deuteronomy 26:9, 1 Samuel 16:3, 2 Kings 10:3, Leviticus 14:34, Matthew 22:17
15Thou 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 over thee, which is not thy brother.
שֹׂום תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֹּו מִקֶּרֶב אַחֶיךָ תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ לֹא תוּכַל לָתֵת עָלֶיךָ אִישׁ נָכְרִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אָחִיךָ הוּא׃ (6109)
See also: Jeremiah 30:21, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Samuel 9:15-17, 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 16:12-13, 1 Chronicles 12:23, 2 Samuel 5:2, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 2:6, Jeremiah 2:25, 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Chronicles 11:1, 1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:5, Matthew 22:17, Luke 20:22, 2 Samuel 5:1
16But 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.
רַק לֹא־יַרְבֶּה־לֹּו סוּסִים וְלֹא־יָשִׁיב אֶת־הָעָם מִצְרַיְמָה לְמַעַן הַרְבֹּות סוּס וַיהוָה אָמַר לָכֶם לֹא תֹסִפוּן לָשׁוּב בַּדֶּרֶךְ הַזֶּה עֹוד׃ (4600)
See also: Isaiah 31:1, Deuteronomy 28:68, Ezekiel 17:15, 1 Kings 10:28, Psalms 20:7, Hosea 11:5, Exodus 13:17, Numbers 14:3-4, 1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 10:26-28, Jeremiah 42:19, Exodus 14:13, Numbers 14:4, 1 Kings 1:5, Isaiah 2:7, Jeremiah 42:14-16, Jeremiah 42:15, 1 Samuel 8:11, 2 Samuel 8:4, 2 Chronicles 1:14
17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
וְלֹא יַרְבֶּה־לֹּו נָשִׁים וְלֹא יָסוּר לְבָבֹו וְכֶסֶף וְזָהָב לֹא יַרְבֶּה־לֹּו מְאֹד׃ (1558)
See also: Proverbs 31:3, 1 Kings 11:1, Nehemiah 13:26, 2 Chronicles 11:21, Proverbs 30:8-9, Matthew 19:5, Genesis 2:24, Psalms 62:10, Malachi 2:15, 2 Samuel 5:13, Judges 8:30, 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 1 Kings 11:4, Matthew 13:22, Matthew 19:23-24, Luke 12:15, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:17, Deuteronomy 30:17, 1 Kings 10:27
18And 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:
וְהָיָה כְשִׁבְתֹּו עַל כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתֹּו וְכָתַב לֹו אֶת־מִשְׁנֵה הַתֹּורָה הַזֹּאת עַל־סֵפֶר מִלִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם ׃ (4631)
See also: Joshua 1:8, Psalms 119:9, Psalms 19:7, 1 Kings 2:3, John 5:39, Deuteronomy 31:9, Deuteronomy 31:24-26, 2 Kings 11:12, 2 Kings 22:8, 2 Chronicles 34:15, 2 Chronicles 23:11, Psalms 119:24, Deuteronomy 1:5, Deuteronomy 4:44, 2 Kings 22:10, 2 Chronicles 34:14, 2 Chronicles 34:30, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 10:14, Nehemiah 8:2
19And 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:
וְהָיְתָה עִמֹּו וְקָרָא בֹו כָּל־יְמֵי חַיָּיו לְמַעַן יִלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתֹּורָה הַזֹּאת וְאֶת־הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה לַעֲשֹׂתָם׃ (5717)
See also: Joshua 1:8, Psalms 119:97-100, Psalms 1:2, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, John 5:39, Deuteronomy 11:18, 1 Timothy 4:13, Deuteronomy 4:10, 1 Kings 2:2, Deuteronomy 6:6-9, 2 Chronicles 34:18
20That 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: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
לְבִלְתִּי רוּם־לְבָבֹו מֵאֶחָיו וּלְבִלְתִּי סוּר מִן־הַמִּצְוָה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים עַל־מַמְלַכְתֹּו הוּא וּבָנָיו בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (4394)
See also: Deuteronomy 5:32, Psalms 131:1, 1 Kings 15:5, Deuteronomy 8:14, Joshua 23:6, 2 Chronicles 34:2, Isaiah 2:12, Daniel 5:20-23, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:13-14, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28, Deuteronomy 12:32, Deuteronomy 17:11, 1 Samuel 13:13-14, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Kings 11:12-13, 1 Kings 11:34, 1 Kings 11:36