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1. "You must not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or sheep that has anything wrong with it. The Lord your God would hate that.
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1. Thou shalt not H3808 sacrifice H2076 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 any bullock H7794 , or sheep H7716 , wherein H834 is H1961 blemish H3971 , or any H3605 evilfavoredness H1697 H7451 : for H3588 that H1931 is an abomination H8441 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 .
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2. "You might hear about an evil thing that happens in one of the cities that the Lord your God is giving you. You might hear that a man or woman in your group has sinned against the Lord your God. You might hear that they have broken his agreement or
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2. If H3588 there be found H4672 among H7130 you , within any H259 of thy gates H8179 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee, man H376 or H176 woman H802 , that H834 hath wrought H6213 H853 wickedness H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , in transgressing H5674 his covenant H1285 ,
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3. that they have worshiped other gods or maybe the sun, the moon or the stars. I never told you to do that!
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3. And hath gone H1980 and served H5647 other H312 gods H430 , and worshiped H7812 them , either the sun H8121 , or H176 moon H3394 , or H176 any H3605 of the host H6635 of heaven H8064 , which H834 I have not H3808 commanded H6680 ;
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4. If you hear bad news like this, you must check it carefully. You must learn if it is true that this terrible thing has really happened in Israel. If you prove that it is true,
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4. And it be told H5046 thee , and thou hast heard H8085 of it , and inquired H1875 diligently H3190 , and, behold H2009 , it be true H571 , and the thing H1697 certain H3559 , that such H2063 abomination H8441 is wrought H6213 in Israel H3478 :
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5. you must punish the person who did this evil thing. You must take that man or woman out to a public place near the city gates and kill them with stones.
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5. Then shalt thou bring forth H3318 H853 that H1931 man H376 or H176 that H1931 woman H802 , which H834 have committed H6213 H853 that H2088 wicked H7451 thing H1697 , unto H413 thy gates H8179 , even H853 that man H376 or H176 H853 that woman H802 , and shalt stone H5619 them with stones H68 , till they die H4191 .
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6. But no one should be punished with death if only one witness says that person did the evil thing. But if two or three witnesses say it is true, the person must be killed.
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6. At H5921 the mouth H6310 of two H8147 witnesses H5707 , or H176 three H7969 witnesses H5707 , shall he that is worthy of death H4191 be put to death H4191 ; but at H5921 the mouth H6310 of one H259 witness H5707 he shall not H3808 be put to death H4191 .
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7. The witnesses must throw the first stones to kill that person. Then the other people should throw stones to finish killing that person. In this way you will remove this evil from your group.
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7. The hands H3027 of the witnesses H5707 shall be H1961 first H7223 upon him to put him to death H4191 , and afterward H314 the hands H3027 of all H3605 the people H5971 . So thou shalt put the evil away H1197 H7451 from among H4480 H7130 you.
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8. "There might be some problems that are too hard for your courts to judge. It might be a murder case or an argument between two people. Or it might be a fight in which someone was hurt. When these cases are argued in your towns, your judges there might not be able to decide what is right. Then you must go to the special place that the Lord your God will choose.
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8. If H3588 there arise a matter too hard H6381 H1697 for H4480 thee in judgment H4941 , between H996 blood H1818 and blood H1818 , between H996 plea H1779 and plea H1779 , and between H996 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 H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose H977 ;
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9. You must go to the priests who are Levites and to the judge on duty at that time. They will decide what to do about that problem.
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9. And thou shalt come H935 unto H413 the priests H3548 the Levites H3881 , and unto H413 the judge H8199 that H834 shall be H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 , and inquire H1875 ; and they shall show H5046 thee H853 the sentence H1697 of judgment H4941 :
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10. There at the Lord's special place they will tell you their decision. You must do whatever they say. Be sure to do everything they tell you to do.
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10. And thou shalt do H6213 according to H5921 H6310 the sentence H1697 , which H834 they of H4480 that H1931 place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall choose H977 shall show H5046 thee ; and thou shalt observe H8104 to do H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 they inform H3384 thee:
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11. You must accept their decision and follow their instructions exactly�don't change anything!
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11. According to H5921 the sentence H6310 of the law H8451 which H834 they shall teach H3384 thee , and according to H5921 the judgment H4941 which H834 they shall tell H559 thee , thou shalt do H6213 : thou shalt not H3808 decline H5493 from H4480 the sentence H1697 which H834 they shall show H5046 thee, to the right hand H3225 , nor to the left H8040 .
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12. "You must punish anyone who refuses to obey the judge or the priest who is there at that time serving the Lord your God. That person must die. You must remove this evil person from Israel.
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12. And the man H376 that H834 will do H6213 presumptuously H2087 , and will not H1115 hearken H8085 unto H413 the priest H3548 that standeth H5975 to minister H8334 there H8033 before H854 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , or H176 unto H413 the judge H8199 , even that H1931 man H376 shall die H4191 : and thou shalt put away H1197 the evil H7451 from Israel H4480 H3478 .
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13. All the people will hear about this punishment and be afraid. Then they will not be stubborn anymore.
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13. And all H3605 the people H5971 shall hear H8085 , and fear H3372 , and do no H3808 more H5750 presumptuously H2102 .
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14. "You will enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You will take that land and live in it. Then you will say, 'We will put a king over us, like all the nations around us.'
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14. When H3588 thou art come H935 unto H413 the land H776 which H834 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 H5921 me , like as all H3605 the nations H1471 that H834 are about H5439 me;
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15. When that happens, you must be sure to choose the king that the Lord chooses. The king over you must be one of your own people. You must not make a foreigner your king.
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15. Thou shalt in any wise set H7760 H7760 him king H4428 over H5921 thee, whom H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose H977 : one from among H4480 H7130 thy brethren H251 shalt thou set H7760 king H4428 over H5921 thee : thou mayest H3201 not H3808 set H5414 a stranger H376 H5237 over H5921 thee, which H834 is not H3808 thy brother H251 .
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16. The king must not get more and more horses for himself. And he must not send people to Egypt to get more horses, because the Lord has told you, 'You must never go back that way.'
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16. But H7535 he shall not H3808 multiply H7235 horses H5483 to himself, nor H3808 cause H853 the people H5971 to return H7725 to Egypt H4714 , to the end that H4616 he should multiply H7235 horses H5483 : forasmuch as the LORD H3068 hath said H559 unto you , Ye shall henceforth H3254 return H7725 no H3808 more H5750 that H2088 way H1870 .
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17. Also, the king must not have too many wives, because that will make him turn away from the Lord. He must not make himself rich with silver and gold.
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17. Neither H3808 shall he multiply H7235 wives H802 to himself , that his heart H3824 turn not away H5493 H3808 : neither H3808 shall he greatly H3966 multiply H7235 to himself silver H3701 and gold H2091 .
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18. "When the king begins to rule, he must write a copy of the law for himself in a book. He must make that copy from the books that the priests from the tribe of Levi keep.
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18. And it shall be H1961 , when he sitteth H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of his kingdom H4467 , that he shall write H3789 him H853 a copy H4932 of this H2063 law H8451 in H5921 a book H5612 out of that which is before H4480 H6440 the priests H3548 the Levites H3881 :
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19. He must keep that book with him and read from it all his life, because he must learn to respect the Lord his God. He must learn to completely obey everything the law commands.
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19. And it shall be H1961 with H5973 him , and he shall read H7121 therein all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 : that H4616 he may learn H3925 to fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 his God H430 , to keep H8104 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of this H2063 law H8451 and these H428 statutes H2706 , to do H6213 them:
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20. Then the king will not think that he is better than any of his own people. He will not turn away from the law, but he will follow it exactly. Then he and his descendants will rule the kingdom of Israel a long time.
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20. That his heart H3824 be not H1115 lifted up H7311 above his brethren H4480 H251 , and that he turn not aside H5493 H1115 from H4480 the commandment H4687 , to the right hand H3225 , or to the left H8040 : to the end that H4616 he may prolong H748 his days H3117 in H5921 his kingdom H4467 , he H1931 , and his children H1121 , in the midst H7130 of Israel H3478 .
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