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for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.</p> <p class="hdg">Purge the Idolater</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>If there be found in thy midst in any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth what is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant, <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and goeth and serveth other gods, and boweth down to them, either to the sun or to the moon, or to the whole host of heaven, which I have not commanded; <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and it be told thee, and thou hearest of it; then thou shalt make thorough inquiry, and if it be truth [and] the thing be certain, that this abomination hath been wrought in Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman, who committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, the man or the woman, and shalt stone them with stones, that they die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death: he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.</p> <p class="hdg">Courts of Law</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall declare unto thee the sentence of judgment; <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and thou shalt do according to the tenor of the word, which they of that place which Jehovah will choose shall declare unto thee; and thou shalt take heed to do according to all that they instruct thee: <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>according to the sentence of the law which they shall declare unto thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the word which they shall declare unto thee, to the right hand, or the left. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the man that shall act presumptuously, and not hearken unto the priest that standeth to serve there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And all the people shall hear, and fear, and no more act presumptuously.</p> <p class="hdg">Election and Duties of Kings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When thou comest unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me; <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>thou shalt only set him king over thee whom Jehovah thy God will choose: from among thy brethren shalt thou set a king over thee; thou mayest not set a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again any more that way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites; <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>that 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; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Darby Bible Translation<br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../deuteronomy/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Deuteronomy 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../deuteronomy/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Deuteronomy 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/deuteronomy/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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