Deuteronomy 16:21-17:7
1599 Geneva Bible
21 ¶ Thou shalt plant thee no grove of any trees near unto the Altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
22 Thou shalt set thee up no [a]pillar, which thing the Lord thy God hateth.
17 2 The punishment of the idolater. 9 Hard controversies are brought to the Priest and the Judge. 12 The contemner must die. 15 The election of the King, 16 and 17 What things he ought to avoid, etc.
1 Thou shalt offer unto the Lord thy God no bullock nor sheep wherein is (A)[b]a blemish or any evil favored thing: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
2 ¶ If there be found among you in any of thy cities, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or [c]woman that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them: as the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not [d]commanded,
4 And it be told unto thee, and thou hast heard it, then shalt thou inquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,
5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man, or that woman (which hath committed that wicked thing) unto thy gates, whether it be man or woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
6 (B)At the mouth [e]of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death, die: but at the mouth of one witness, he shall not die.
7 The hands of the [f]witnesses shall be first upon him, to kill him: and afterward the hands of all the [g]people: so thou shalt take the wicked away from among you.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 16:22 Or, image
- Deuteronomy 17:1 Thou shalt not serve God for fashion’s sake, as hypocrites do.
- Deuteronomy 17:2 Showing that the crime cannot be excused by the frailty of the person.
- Deuteronomy 17:3 Whereby he condemneth all religion and serving of God which God hath not commanded.
- Deuteronomy 17:6 Hebrew, of two witnesses or three witnesses.
- Deuteronomy 17:7 Whereby they declared that they testifieth the truth.
- Deuteronomy 17:7 To signify a common consent to maintain God’s honor and true religion.
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