Verse 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}
Verse 2
If there be found{H4672} in the midst{H7130} of thee, within any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, man{H376} 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}
Verse 3
and hath gone{H3212} and served{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} them, or the sun,{H8121} or the moon,{H3394} or any of the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} which I have not commanded;{H6680}
Verse 4
and it be told{H5046} thee, and thou hast heard{H8085} of it, then shalt thou inquire{H1875} diligently;{H3190} and, behold, if it be true,{H571} and the thing{H1697} certain,{H3559} that such abomination{H8441} is wrought{H6213} in Israel,{H3478}
Verse 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}
Verse 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}
Verse 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{H7130} of thee.
Verse 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}
Verse 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}
Verse 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{H3384} thee:
Verse 11
according to the tenor{H6310} of the law{H8451} which they shall teach{H3384} thee, and according to the judgment{H4941} which they shall tell{H559} thee, thou shalt do;{H6213} thou shalt not turn aside{H5493} from the sentence{H1697} which they shall show{H5046} thee, to the right hand,{H3225} nor to the left.{H8040}
Verse 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}
Verse 13
And all the people{H5971} shall hear,{H8085} and fear,{H3372} and do no more presumptuously.{H2102}
Verse 14
When thou art come{H935} unto the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, and shalt possess{H3423} it, and shalt dwell{H3427} therein, and shalt say,{H559} I will set{H7760} a king{H4428} over me, like all the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} me;
Verse 15
thou shalt surely{H7760} set{H7760} him king{H4428} over thee, whom Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose:{H977} one from among{H7130} thy brethren{H251} shalt thou set{H7760} king{H4428} over thee; thou mayest{H3201} not put{H5414} a foreigner{H5237} over thee, who is not thy brother.{H251}
Verse 16
Only he shall not multiply{H7235} horses{H5483} to himself, nor cause the people{H5971} 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, Ye shall henceforth{H3254} return{H7725} no more that way.{H1870}
Verse 17
Neither shall he multiply{H7235} wives{H802} to himself, that his heart{H3824} turn{H5493} not away: neither shall he greatly{H3966} multiply{H7235} to himself silver{H3701} and gold.{H2091}
Verse 18
And it shall be, when he sitteth{H3427} 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}
Verse 19
and it shall be with him, and he shall read{H7121} 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{H6213} them;
Verse 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}