Deuteronomy 16 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 17

¹You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is a defect or anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

KJVThou shalt not sacrifice^H2076^(H8799) unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 any bullock^H7794, or sheep^H7716, wherein is blemish^H3971, or any evilfavouredness^H7451^H1697: for that is an abomination^H8441 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430.

² If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight in transgressing his covenant,

KJVIf there be found^H4672^(H8735) among^H7130 you, within any^H259 of thy gates^H8179 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee, man^H376 or woman^H802, that hath wrought^H6213^(H8799) wickedness^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, in transgressing^H5674^(H8800) his covenant^H1285,

³ and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not commanded,

KJVAnd hath gone^H3212^(H8799) and served^H5647^(H8799) other^H312 gods^H430, and worshipped^H7812^(H8691) them, either the sun^H8121, or moon^H3394, or any of the host^H6635 of heaven^H8064, which I have not commanded^H6680^(H8765);

⁴ and you are told, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,

KJVAnd it be told^H5046^(H8717) thee, and thou hast heard^H8085^(H8804) of it, and enquired^H1875^(H8804) diligently^H3190^(H8687), and, behold, it be true^H571, and the thing^H1697 certain^H3559^(H8737), that such abomination^H8441 is wrought^H6213^(H8738) in Israel^H3478:

⁵ then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, even that same man or woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.

KJVThen shalt thou bring forth^H3318^(H8689) that man^H376 or that woman^H802, which have committed^H6213^(H8804) that wicked^H7451 thing^H1697, unto thy gates^H8179, even that man^H376 or that woman^H802, and shalt stone^H5619^(H8804) them with stones^H68, till they die^H4191^(H8804).

⁶ At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

KJVAt the mouth^H6310 of two^H8147 witnesses^H5707, or three^H7969 witnesses^H5707, shall he that is worthy of death^H4191^(H8714) be put to death^H4191^(H8801); but at the mouth^H6310 of one^H259 witness^H5707 he shall not be put to death^H4191^(H8714).

⁷ The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

KJVThe hands^H3027 of the witnesses^H5707 shall be first^H7223 upon him to put him to death^H4191^(H8687), and afterward^H314 the hands^H3027 of all the people^H5971. So thou shalt put^H1197 the evil^H7451 away^H1197^(H8765) from among^H7130 you.

⁸ If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses.

KJVIf there arise a matter^H1697 too hard^H6381^(H8735) for thee in judgment^H4941, between blood^H1818 and blood^H1818, between plea^H1779 and plea^H1779, and between stroke^H5061 and stroke^H5061, being matters^H1697 of controversy^H7379 within thy gates^H8179: then shalt thou arise^H6965^(H8804), and get thee up^H5927^(H8804) into the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose^H977^(H8799);

⁹ You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict.

KJVAnd thou shalt come^H935^(H8804) unto the priests^H3548 the Levites^H3881, and unto the judge^H8199^(H8802) that shall be in those days^H3117, and enquire^H1875^(H8804); and they shall shew^H5046^(H8689) thee the sentence^H1697 of judgment^H4941:

¹⁰ You shall do according to the decisions of the verdict which they shall give you from that place which Yahweh chooses. You shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you.

KJVAnd thou shalt do^H6213^(H8804) according to the sentence^H6310^H1697, which they of that place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 shall choose^H977^(H8799) shall shew^H5046^(H8686) thee; and thou shalt observe^H8104^(H8804) to do^H6213^(H8800) according to all that they inform^H3384^(H8686) thee:

¹¹ According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left.

KJVAccording to the sentence^H6310 of the law^H8451 which they shall teach^H3384^(H8686) thee, and according to the judgment^H4941 which they shall tell^H559^(H8799) thee, thou shalt do^H6213^(H8799): thou shalt not decline^H5493^(H8799) from the sentence^H1697 which they shall shew^H5046^(H8686) thee, to the right hand^H3225, nor to the left^H8040.

¹² The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel.

KJVAnd the man^H376 that will do^H6213^(H8799) presumptuously^H2087, and will not hearken^H8085^(H8800) unto the priest^H3548 that standeth^H5975^(H8802) to minister^H8334^(H8763) there before the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, or unto the judge^H8199^(H8802), even that man^H376 shall die^H4191^(H8804): and thou shalt put away^H1197^(H8765) the evil^H7451 from Israel^H3478.

¹³ All the people shall hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

KJVAnd all the people^H5971 shall hear^H8085^(H8799), and fear^H3372^(H8799), and do no more presumptuously^H2102^(H8686).

¹⁴ When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,”

KJVWhen thou art come^H935^(H8799) unto the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee, and shalt possess^H3423^(H8804) it, and shalt dwell^H3427^(H8804) therein, and shalt say^H559^(H8804), I will set^H7760^(H8799) a king^H4428 over me, like as all the nations^H1471 that are about^H5439 me;

¹⁵ you shall surely set him whom Yahweh your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

KJVThou shalt in any wise^H7760^(H8800) set^H7760^(H8799) him king^H4428 over thee, whom the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose^H977^(H8799): one from among^H7130 thy brethren^H251 shalt thou set^H7760^(H8799) king^H4428 over thee: thou mayest^H3201^(H8799) not set^H5414^(H8800) a stranger^H5237^H376 over thee, which is not thy brother^H251.

¹⁶ Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”

KJVBut he shall not multiply^H7235^(H8686) horses^H5483 to himself, nor cause the people^H5971 to return^H7725^(H8686) to Egypt^H4714, to the end that he should multiply^H7235^(H8687) horses^H5483: forasmuch as the LORD^H3068 hath said^H559^(H8804) unto you, Ye shall henceforth^H3254^(H8686) return^H7725^(H8800) no more that way^H1870.

¹⁷ He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

KJVNeither shall he multiply^H7235^(H8686) wives^H802 to himself, that his heart^H3824 turn^H5493^(H8799) not away: neither shall he greatly^H3966 multiply^H7235^(H8686) to himself silver^H3701 and gold^H2091.

¹⁸ It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.

KJVAnd it shall be, when he sitteth^H3427^(H8800) upon the throne^H3678 of his kingdom^H4467, that he shall write^H3789^(H8804) him a copy^H4932 of this law^H8451 in a book^H5612 out of that which is before^H6440 the priests^H3548 the Levites^H3881:

¹⁹ It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

KJVAnd it shall be with him, and he shall read^H7121^(H8804) therein all the days^H3117 of his life^H2416: that he may learn^H3925^(H8799) to fear^H3372^(H8800) the LORD^H3068 his God^H430, to keep^H8104^(H8800) all the words^H1697 of this law^H8451 and these statutes^H2706, to do^H6213^(H8800) them:

²⁰ that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.

KJVThat his heart^H3824 be not lifted up^H7311^(H8800) above his brethren^H251, and that he turn not aside^H5493^(H8800) from the commandment^H4687, to the right hand^H3225, or to the left^H8040: to the end that he may prolong^H748^(H8686) his days^H3117 in his kingdom^H4467, he, and his children^H1121, in the midst^H7130 of Israel^H3478.

WEB·Deuteronomy 16

¹Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

KJVObserve^H8104^(H8800) the month^H2320 of Abib^H24, and keep^H6213^(H8804) the passover^H6453 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430: for in the month^H2320 of Abib^H24 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 brought thee forth^H3318^(H8689) out of Egypt^H4714 by night^H3915.

² You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

KJVThou shalt therefore sacrifice^H2076^(H8804) the passover^H6453 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, of the flock^H6629 and the herd^H1241, in the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 shall choose^H977^(H8799) to place^H7931^(H8763) his name^H8034 there.

³ You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste) that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

KJVThou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) no leavened bread^H2557 with it; seven^H7651 days^H3117 shalt thou eat^H398^(H8799) unleavened bread^H4682 therewith, even the bread^H3899 of affliction^H6040; for thou camest forth^H3318^(H8804) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 in haste^H2649: that thou mayest remember^H2142^(H8799) the day^H3117 when thou camest forth^H3318^(H8800) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 all the days^H3117 of thy life^H2416.

⁴ No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.

KJVAnd there shall be no leavened bread^H7603 seen^H7200^(H8735) with thee in all thy coast^H1366 seven^H7651 days^H3117; neither shall there any thing of the flesh^H1320, which thou sacrificedst^H2076^(H8799) the first^H7223 day^H3117 at even^H6153, remain^H3885^(H8799) all night until the morning^H1242.

⁵ You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you;

KJVThou mayest^H3201^(H8799) not sacrifice^H2076^(H8800) the passover^H6453 within any^H259 of thy gates^H8179, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee:

⁶ but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.

KJVBut at the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose^H977^(H8799) to place^H7931^(H8763) his name^H8034 in, there thou shalt sacrifice^H2076^(H8799) the passover^H6453 at even^H6153, at the going down^H935^(H8800) of the sun^H8121, at the season^H4150 that thou camest forth^H3318^(H8800) out of Egypt^H4714.

⁷ You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents.

KJVAnd thou shalt roast^H1310^(H8765) and eat^H398^(H8804) it in the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose^H977^(H8799): and thou shalt turn^H6437^(H8804) in the morning^H1242, and go^H1980^(H8804) unto thy tents^H168.

⁸ Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work.

KJVSix^H8337 days^H3117 thou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) unleavened bread^H4682: and on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 shall be a solemn assembly^H6116 to the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430: thou shalt do^H6213^(H8799) no work^H4399 therein.

⁹ You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.

KJVSeven^H7651 weeks^H7620 shalt thou number^H5608^(H8799) unto thee: begin^H2490^(H8687) to number^H5608^(H8800) the seven^H7651 weeks^H7620 from such time as thou beginnest^H2490^(H8686) to put the sickle^H2770 to the corn^H7054.

¹⁰ You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you.

KJVAnd thou shalt keep^H6213^(H8804) the feast^H2282 of weeks^H7620 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 with a tribute^H4530 of a freewill offering^H5071 of thine hand^H3027, which thou shalt give^H5414^(H8799) unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath blessed^H1288^(H8762) thee:

¹¹ You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

KJVAnd thou shalt rejoice^H8055^(H8804) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, thou, and thy son^H1121, and thy daughter^H1323, and thy manservant^H5650, and thy maidservant^H519, and the Levite^H3881 that is within thy gates^H8179, and the stranger^H1616, and the fatherless^H3490, and the widow^H490, that are among^H7130 you, in the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath chosen^H977^(H8799) to place^H7931^(H8763) his name^H8034 there.

¹² You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. You shall observe and do these statutes.

KJVAnd thou shalt remember^H2142^(H8804) that thou wast a bondman^H5650 in Egypt^H4714: and thou shalt observe^H8104^(H8804) and do^H6213^(H8804) these statutes^H2706.

¹³ You shall keep the feast of booths seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press.

KJVThou shalt observe^H6213^(H8799) the feast^H2282 of tabernacles^H5521 seven^H7651 days^H3117, after that thou hast gathered^H622^(H8800) in thy corn^H1637 and thy wine^H3342:

¹⁴ You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.

KJVAnd thou shalt rejoice^H8055^(H8804) in thy feast^H2282, thou, and thy son^H1121, and thy daughter^H1323, and thy manservant^H5650, and thy maidservant^H519, and the Levite^H3881, the stranger^H1616, and the fatherless^H3490, and the widow^H490, that are within thy gates^H8179.

¹⁵ You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh chooses, because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.

KJVSeven^H7651 days^H3117 shalt thou keep a solemn feast^H2287^(H8799) unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 in the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 shall choose^H977^(H8799): because the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall bless^H1288^(H8762) thee in all thine increase^H8393, and in all the works^H4639 of thine hands^H3027, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice^H8056.

¹⁶ Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.

KJVThree^H7969 times^H6471 in a year^H8141 shall all thy males^H2138 appear^H7200^(H8735) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 in the place^H4725 which he shall choose^H977^(H8799); in the feast^H2282 of unleavened bread^H4682, and in the feast^H2282 of weeks^H7620, and in the feast^H2282 of tabernacles^H5521: and they shall not appear^H7200^(H8735) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 empty^H7387:

¹⁷ Every man shall give as he is able, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you.

KJVEvery man^H376 shall give as he is able^H4979^H3027, according to the blessing^H1293 of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 which he hath given^H5414^(H8804) thee.

¹⁸ You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

KJVJudges^H8199^(H8802) and officers^H7860^(H8802) shalt thou make^H5414^(H8799) thee in all thy gates^H8179, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee, throughout thy tribes^H7626: and they shall judge^H8199^(H8804) the people^H5971 with just^H6664 judgment^H4941.

¹⁹ You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

KJVThou shalt not wrest^H5186^(H8686) judgment^H4941; thou shalt not respect^H5234^(H8686) persons^H6440, neither take^H3947^(H8799) a gift^H7810: for a gift^H7810 doth blind^H5786^(H8762) the eyes^H5869 of the wise^H2450, and pervert^H5557^(H8762) the words^H1697 of the righteous^H6662.

²⁰ You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

KJVThat which is altogether^H6664 just^H6664 shalt thou follow^H7291^(H8799), that thou mayest live^H2421^(H8799), and inherit^H3423^(H8804) the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee.

²¹ You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.

KJVThou shalt not plant^H5193^(H8799) thee a grove^H842 of any trees^H6086 near unto^H681 the altar^H4196 of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, which thou shalt make^H6213^(H8799) thee.

²² Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which Yahweh your God hates.

KJVNeither shalt thou set thee up^H6965^(H8686) any image^H4676; which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hateth^H8130^(H8804).

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