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Thou shalt not sacrifice[H2076] unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] any bullock[H7794], or sheep[H7716], wherein is blemish[H3971], or any evilfavouredness[H7451]: for that is an abomination[H8441] unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430].
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If there be found[H4672]among[H7130] you, within any[H259] of thy gates[H8179] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]giveth[H5414] thee, man[H376] or woman[H802], that hath wrought[H6213]wickedness[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], in transgressing[H5674] his covenant[H1285],
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And hath gone[H3212] and served[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430], and worshipped[H7812] them, either the sun[H8121], or moon[H3394], or any of the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], which I have not commanded[H6680];
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And it be told[H5046] thee, and thou hast heard[H8085] of it, and enquired[H1875]diligently[H3190], and, behold, it be true[H571], and the thing[H1697]certain[H3559], that such abomination[H8441] is wrought[H6213] in Israel[H3478]:
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Then shalt thou bring forth[H3318] that man[H376] or that woman[H802], which have committed[H6213] that wicked[H7451]thing[H1697], unto thy gates[H8179], even that man[H376] or that woman[H802], and shalt stone[H5619] them with stones[H68], till they die[H4191].
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At the mouth[H6310] of two[H8147]witnesses[H5707], or three[H7969]witnesses[H5707], shall he that is worthy of death[H4191] be put to death[H4191]; but at the mouth[H6310] of one[H259]witness[H5707] he shall not be put to death[H4191].
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The hands[H3027] of the witnesses[H5707] shall be first[H7223] upon him to put[H1197] him to death[H4191], and afterward[H314] the hands[H3027] of all the people[H5971]. So thou shalt put[H1197] the evil[H7451]away[H1197] from among[H7130] you.
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If there arise[H6965] 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] into the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall choose[H977];
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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 enquire[H1875]; and they shall shew[H5046] thee the sentence[H1697] of judgment[H4941]:
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And thou shalt do[H6213] according to the sentence[H6310], which they of that place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] shall choose[H977] shall shew[H5046] thee; and thou shalt observe[H8104] to do[H6213] according to all that they inform[H3384] thee:
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According to the sentence[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 decline[H5493] from the sentence[H1697] which they shall shew[H5046] thee, to the right hand[H3225], nor to the left[H8040].
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And the man[H376] that will do[H6213]presumptuously[H2087], and will not hearken[H8085] unto the priest[H3548] that standeth[H5975] to minister[H8334] there before the LORD[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].
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And all the people[H5971] shall hear[H8085], and fear[H3372], and do no more presumptuously[H2102].
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When thou art come[H935] unto the land[H776] which the LORD[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 as all the nations[H1471] that are about[H5439] me;
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Thou shalt in any wise[H7760]set[H7760] him king[H4428] over thee, whom the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall choose[H977]: one from among[H7130] thy brethren[H251] shalt thou set[H5414]king[H4428] over thee: thou mayest[H3201] not set[H5414] a stranger[H5237] over thee, which is not thy brother[H251].
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But 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 should multiply[H7235]horses[H5483]: forasmuch as the LORD[H3068] hath said[H559] unto you, Ye shall henceforth[H3254]return[H7725] no more that way[H1870].
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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].
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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]:
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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] the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], to keep[H8104] all the words[H1697] of this law[H8451] and these statutes[H2706], to do[H6213] them:
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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].