Deuteronomy 17 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Administration of Justice

“You shall not sacrifice^H2076 to the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 an ox^H7794 or a sheep^H7716 which^H834 has^H1961 a blemish^H3971 or any^H3605 [fn]defect^H1697^H7451, for that is a detestable^H8441 thing^H8441 to the LORD^H3068 your God^H430.

Deu 17:2

“If^H3588 there is found^H4672 in your midst^H7130, in any^H259 of your [fn]towns^H8179 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 is giving^H5414 you, a man^H376 or^H176 a woman^H802 who^H834 does^H6213 what^H7451 is^H7451 evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, by violating^H5674 His covenant^H1285,

Deu 17:3

Deu 17:3and that person has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, the moon, or any of the heavenly [fn]lights, which I have commanded not to do,

Deu 17:4

Deu 17:4and if it is reported to you and you have heard about it, then you shall investigate thoroughly. And [fn]if it is true and the report is trustworthy that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,

Deu 17:5

Deu 17:5then you are to bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil deed, that is, the man or the woman, and you shall stone them to [fn]death.

Deu 17:6

Deu 17:6“On the [fn]testimony of two witnesses or three witnesses, the [fn]condemned shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the [fn]testimony of only one witness.

Deu 17:7

Deu 17:7“The hands of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall eliminate the evil from your midst.

Deu 17:8

“If^H3588 a case^H1697 is^H6381 too^H4480 difficult^H6381 for you to decide^H4941, between^H996 [fn]one kind of homicide^H1818 or another^H1818, between^H996 [fn]one kind of lawsuit^H1779 or another^H1779, and between^H996 [fn]one kind of assault^H5061 or another^H5061, that are cases^H1697 of dispute^H7379 in your [fn]courts^H8179, then you shall arise^H6965 and go^H5927 up^H5927 to the place^H4725 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 chooses^H977.

Deu 17:9

Deu 17:9“So you shall come to the Levitical priests or the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them and they will declare to you the [fn]verdict.

Deu 17:10

Deu 17:10“Then you shall act in accordance with the [fn]terms of the verdict which they declare to you from that place which the LORD chooses; and you shall be careful to act in accordance with everything that they instruct you to do.

Deu 17:11

Deu 17:11“In accordance with the [fn]terms of the law about which they instruct you, and in accordance with the verdict which they tell you, you shall act; you shall not turn aside from the word which they declare to you, to the right or the left.

Deu 17:12

Deu 17:12“But the person who acts insolently by not listening to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, nor to the judge, that person shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from Israel.

Deu 17:13

Deu 17:13“Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will not act insolently again.

Deu 17:14

“When^H3588 you enter^H935 the land^H776 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 is giving^H5414 you, and you take^H3423 possession^H3423 of it and live^H3427 in it, and you say^H559, ‘I will appoint^H7760 a king^H4428 over^H5921 me like all^H3605 the nations^H1471 who^H834 are around^H5439 me,’

Deu 17:15

Deu 17:15you shall in fact appoint a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses. One from among your countrymen you shall appoint as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves, anyone who is not your countryman.

Deu 17:16

Deu 17:16“In any case, he is not to acquire many horses for himself, nor shall he make the people return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’

Deu 17:17

Deu 17:17“And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

Deu 17:18

“Now it shall come^H1961 about^H1961, when he sits^H3427 on the throne^H3678 of his kingdom^H4467, that he shall write^H3789 for himself a copy^H4932 of this^H2088 Law^H8451 on a scroll^H5612 [fn]in the presence^H6440 of the Levitical^H3881 priests^H3548.

Deu 17:19

Deu 17:19“And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, so that he will learn to fear the LORD his God, [fn]by carefully following all the words of this Law and these statutes,

Deu 17:20

Deu 17:20so that his heart will not be haughty toward his countrymen, and that he will not turn away from the commandment to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may [fn]live long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

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NASB20 Footnotes

Lit bad thing

Lit gates

Lit host

Lit behold, true

Lit death with stones

Lit mouth

Lit one dying

Lit mouth

Lit blood to blood

Lit lawsuit to lawsuit

(17:8)

Lit blow to blow

(17:8)

Lit gates

(17:9)

Lit word of decision

Lit mouth

Lit mouth

Lit from before

Lit to keep all...to do them,

(17:20)

Lit prolong days

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