Deuteronomy, Chapter 17:

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Verses from Deuteronomy, Chapter 19 of the Book of Deuteronomy of the Bible.

1. “Do not offer animals that are defective or imperfect to the Lord your God, for that would be detestable to Him.
2. If anyone, male or female, who lives in one of the cities that the Lord is giving you is found doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, violating his covenant,
3. worshiping other gods, prostrating themselves before them, the sun, the moon or the stars of the sky,
4. and you know this, investigate deeply. If it is true and it proves that this abomination was committed in Israel,
5. Take the man or woman who committed this sin to the city gate and stone them to death.
6. The death sentence will only be carried out on the testimony of two or three witnesses; no one will be sentenced to death based on the testimony of just one person.
7. The witnesses will be the first to throw the stones, and then all the people. Cast out evil from among you.

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8. “If difficult cases arise in your cities, such as crimes of murder, litigation or assault,
9. Go to the place that the Lord your God has chosen, and present the case to the Levite priests and to the judge who is ruling at that time. They will pass sentence.
10. You must act according to the decision they proclaim in the place the Lord has chosen. Follow the instructions they give.
11. Do exactly what they say, not deviating to the right or to the left.
12. Those who act rebelliously against the judge or the priest who is serving the Lord must be put to death. Remove evil from among Israel.
13. In this way, all the people will fear and not dare to act rebelliously.

14. “When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and possess it as an inheritance and settle there, if you say, 'We want a king to rule us like all the nations around us' ,
15. Be careful to choose as king the one the Lord your God appoints. He must be an Israelite, one of his own brothers. Do not make a foreigner king over you.
16. The king must not acquire many horses for himself, nor make the people go back to Egypt to get more horses, for the Lord said to you, 'Don't ever go back that way'.
17. He should not have many wives, lest he lead his heart astray. Nor should he accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
18. ′′ When he ascends to the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law, which is under the responsibility of the Levite priests.
19. He should always carry this copy with him and read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and faithfully do all the words of this law and decrees.
20. This will help you not to consider yourself superior to your fellow Israelites and not to turn away from the law, either to the right or to the left. Thus he will prolong his reign over Israel, he and his descendants.