The things sacrificed must be sound.

1 ¶ Thou shalt not² sacrificeºª unto the LORDº thy Godº [any] bullock,º or sheep,º wherein² is² blemish,º [or] any² evilfavouredness:ºº for² that² [is] an abominationº unto the LORDº thy God.º

Idolaters must be slain.

2 ¶ If² there be foundºª amongº you, within anyº of thy gatesº which² the LORDº thy Godº givethºª thee, manº or² woman,º that² hath wroughtºª² wickednessº in the sightº of the LORDº thy God,º in transgressingºª his covenant,º 3 And hath gone¹ª² and servedºª otherº gods,º and worshippedºª them, either the sun,º or² moon,º or² any² of the hostº of heaven,º which² I have not² commanded;ºª 4 And it be toldºª thee, and thou hast heardºª [of it], and enquiredºª diligently,ºª and, behold,² [it be] true,º [and] the thingº certain,ºª [that] such² abominationº is wroughtºª in Israel:º 5 Then shalt thou bring forthºª² that² manº or² that² woman,º which² have committedºª² that² wickedº thing,º unto² thy gates,º [even]² that manº or²² that woman,º and shalt stoneºª them with stones,º till they die.ºª 6 At² the mouthº of twoº witnesses,º or² threeº witnesses,º shall he that is worthy of deathºª be put to death;ºª [but] at² the mouthº of oneº witnessº he shall not² be put to death.ºª 7 The handsº of the witnessesº shall be² firstº upon him to put him to death,ºª and afterwardº the handsº of all² the people.º So thou shalt put¹ª the evil¹ awayºª² from amongº² you.

Hard controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges.

8 ¶ If² there arise a matter¹ too hardºª² for² thee in judgment,º between² bloodº and blood,º between² pleaº and plea,º and between² strokeº and stroke,º [being] mattersº of controversyº within thy gates:º then shalt thou arise,ºª and get thee upºª into² the placeº which² the LORDº thy Godº shall choose;ºª 9 And thou shalt comeºª unto² the priestsº the Levites,º and unto² the judgeºª that² shall be² in those² days,º and enquire;ºª and they shall shewºª thee² the sentenceº of judgment:º 10 And thou shalt doºª according to²² the sentence,º¹ which² they of² that² placeº which² the LORDº shall chooseºª shall shewºª thee; and thou shalt observeºª to doºª according to all² that² they informºª thee: 11 According to² the sentenceº of the lawº which² they shall teachºª thee, and according to² the judgmentº which² they shall tellºª thee, thou shalt do:ºª thou shalt not² declineºª from² the sentenceº which² they shall shewºª thee, [to] the right hand,º nor [to] the left.º

The contemner of that determination must die.

12 And the manº that² will doºª presumptuously,º and will not² hearkenºª unto² the priestº that standethºª to ministerºª there² before² the LORDº thy God,º or² unto² the judge,ºª even that² manº shall die:ºª and thou shalt put awayºª the evilº from Israel.º² 13 And all² the peopleº shall hear,ºª and fear,ºª and do no² more² presumptuously.ºª

The election,

14 ¶ When² thou art comeºª unto² the landº which² the LORDº thy Godº givethºª thee, and shalt possessºª it, and shalt dwellºª therein, and shalt say,ºª I will setºª a kingº over² me, like as all² the nationsº that² [are] aboutº me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise¹ª setºª [him] kingº over² thee, whom² the LORDº thy Godº shall choose:ºª [one] from amongº² thy brethrenº shalt thou setºª kingº over² thee: thou mayestºª not² setºª a strangerºº over² thee, which² [is] not² thy brother.º

and duty of a king.

16 But² he shall not² multiplyºª horsesº to himself, nor² cause² the peopleº to returnºª to Egypt,º to the end that² he should multiplyºª horses:º forasmuch as the LORDº hath saidºª unto you, Ye shall henceforthºª returnºª no² more² that² way.º 17 Neither² shall he multiplyºª wivesº to himself, that his heartº turn¹ª not away:²² neither² shall he greatlyº multiplyºª to himself silverº and gold.º 18 And it shall be,² when he sittethºª upon² the throneº of his kingdom,º that he shall writeºª him² a copyº of this² lawº in² a bookº out of [that which is] beforeº² the priestsº the Levites:º 19 And it shall be² with² him, and he shall readºª therein all² the daysº of his life:º that² he may learnºª to fearºª² the LORDº his God,º to keepºª² all² the wordsº of this² lawº and these² statutes,º to doºª them: 20 That his heartº be not² lifted upºª above his brethren,º² and that he turn not asideºª² from² the commandment,º [to] the right hand,º or [to] the left:º to the end that² he may prolongºª [his] daysº in² his kingdom,º he,² and his children,º in the midstº of Israel.º