Deuteronomy 17 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 18

¹The priests and the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire and his portion.

KJVThe priests^H3548 the Levites^H3881, and all the tribe^H7626 of Levi^H3878, shall have no part^H2506 nor inheritance^H5159 with Israel^H3478: they shall eat^H398^(H8799) the offerings^H801 of the LORD^H3068 made by fire^H801, and his inheritance^H5159.

² They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.

KJVTherefore shall they have no inheritance^H5159 among^H7130 their brethren^H251: the LORD^H3068 is their inheritance^H5159, as he hath said^H1696^(H8765) unto them.

³ This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.

KJVAnd this shall be the priest's^H3548 due^H4941 from the people^H5971, from them that offer^H2076^(H8802) a sacrifice^H2077, whether it be ox^H7794 or sheep^H7716; and they shall give^H5414^(H8804) unto the priest^H3548 the shoulder^H2220, and the two cheeks^H3895, and the maw^H6896.

⁴ You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.

KJVThe firstfruit^H7225 also of thy corn^H1715, of thy wine^H8492, and of thine oil^H3323, and the first^H7225 of the fleece^H1488 of thy sheep^H6629, shalt thou give^H5414^(H8799) him.

⁵ For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in Yahweh’s name, him and his sons forever.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath chosen^H977^(H8804) him out of all thy tribes^H7626, to stand^H5975^(H8800) to minister^H8334^(H8763) in the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068, him and his sons^H1121 for ever^H3117.

⁶ If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose,

KJVAnd if a Levite^H3881 come^H935^(H8799) from any^H259 of thy gates^H8179 out of all Israel^H3478, where he sojourned^H1481^(H8802), and come^H935^(H8804) with all the desire^H185 of his mind^H5315 unto the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 shall choose^H977^(H8799);

⁷ then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.

KJVThen he shall minister^H8334^(H8765) in the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068 his God^H430, as all his brethren^H251 the Levites^H3881 do, which stand^H5975^(H8802) there before^H6440 the LORD^H3068.

⁸ They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.

KJVThey shall have like portions^H2506 to eat^H398^(H8799), beside that which cometh of the sale^H4465 of his patrimony^H1.

⁹ When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.

KJVWhen thou art come^H935^(H8802) into the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee, thou shalt not learn^H3925^(H8799) to do^H6213^(H8800) after the abominations^H8441 of those nations^H1471.

¹⁰ There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

KJVThere shall not be found^H4672^(H8735) among you any one that maketh his son^H1121 or his daughter^H1323 to pass^H5674^(H8688) through the fire^H784, or that useth^H7080^(H8802) divination^H7081, or an observer of times^H6049^(H8781), or an enchanter^H5172^(H8764), or a witch^H3784^(H8764),

¹¹ or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

KJVOr a charmer^H2266^(H8802)^H2267, or a consulter^H7592^(H8802) with familiar spirits^H178, or a wizard^H3049, or a necromancer^H1875^(H8802)^H4191^(H8801).

¹² For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Because of these abominations, Yahweh your God drives them out from before you.

KJVFor all that do^H6213^(H8802) these things are an abomination^H8441 unto the LORD^H3068: and because^H1558 of these abominations^H8441 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 doth drive them out^H3423^(H8688) from before^H6440 thee.

¹³ You shall be blameless with Yahweh your God.

KJVThou shalt be perfect^H8549 with the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430.

¹⁴ For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.

KJVFor these nations^H1471, which thou shalt possess^H3423^(H8802), hearkened^H8085^(H8799) unto observers of times^H6049^(H8781), and unto diviners^H7080^(H8802): but as for thee, the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath not suffered^H5414^(H8804) thee so to do.

¹⁵ Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will raise up^H6965^(H8686) unto thee a Prophet^H5030 from the midst^H7130 of thee, of thy brethren^H251, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken^H8085^(H8799);

¹⁶ This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again Yahweh my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”

KJVAccording to all that thou desiredst^H7592^(H8804) of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 in Horeb^H2722 in the day^H3117 of the assembly^H6951, saying^H559^(H8800), Let me not hear^H8085^(H8800) again^H3254^(H8686) the voice^H6963 of the LORD^H3068 my God^H430, neither let me see^H7200^(H8799) this great^H1419 fire^H784 any more, that I die^H4191^(H8799) not.

¹⁷ Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, They have well^H3190^(H8689) spoken that which they have spoken^H1696^(H8765).

¹⁸ I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

KJVI will raise them up^H6965^(H8686) a Prophet^H5030 from among^H7130 their brethren^H251, like unto thee, and will put^H5414^(H8804) my words^H1697 in his mouth^H6310; and he shall speak^H1696^(H8765) unto them all that I shall command^H6680^(H8762) him.

¹⁹ It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that whosoever^H376 will not hearken^H8085^(H8799) unto my words^H1697 which he shall speak^H1696^(H8762) in my name^H8034, I will require^H1875^(H8799) it of him.

²⁰ But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”

KJVBut the prophet^H5030, which shall presume^H2102^(H8686) to speak^H1696^(H8763) a word^H1697 in my name^H8034, which I have not commanded^H6680^(H8765) him to speak^H1696^(H8763), or that shall speak^H1696^(H8762) in the name^H8034 of other^H312 gods^H430, even that prophet^H5030 shall die^H4191^(H8804).

²¹ You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”

KJVAnd if thou say^H559^(H8799) in thine heart^H3824, How shall we know^H3045^(H8799) the word^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 hath not spoken^H1696^(H8765)?

²² When a prophet speaks in Yahweh’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him.

KJVWhen a prophet^H5030 speaketh^H1696^(H8762) in the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068, if the thing^H1697 follow not, nor come to pass^H935^(H8799), that is the thing^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 hath not spoken^H1696^(H8765), but the prophet^H5030 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765) it presumptuously^H2087: thou shalt not be afraid^H1481^(H8799) of him.

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.

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