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his hand, and according to the blessing of the do according to that thing which they of that
Lord thy God, which he hath giuen thee. 18 Iudges place (which the Lord hath chosen) shewe thee,
and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities, and thou shalt obserue to doe according to all
which the Lord thy God giueth thee, throughout that they informe thee. 11 According to the Lawe,
thy tribes: and they shall iudge the people with which they shall teach thee, and according to
righteous iudgement. 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, the iudgement which they shall tell thee, shalt
nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: thou doe: thou shalt not decline from the thing
for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, and which they shall shew thee, neither to the right
peruerteth ye worde of ye iust. 20 That which is hand, nor to the left. 12 And that man that wil
iust and right shalt thou follow, that thou maiest doe presumptuously, not hearkening vnto the
liue, and possesse the land which the Lord thy Priest (that standeth before the Lord thy God to
God giueth thee. 21 Thou shalt plant thee no minister there) or vnto the iudge, that man shall
groue of any trees neere vnto the altar of the Lord die, and thou shalt take away euill from Israel.
thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Thou 13 So all the people shall heare and feare, and
shalt set thee vp no pillar, which thing the Lord doe no more presumptuously. 14 Whe thou shalt
thy God hateth. come vnto ye land which the Lord thy God giueth
thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if
17 thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all
1 Thou shalt offer vnto the Lord thy God no the nations that are about me, 15 Then thou shalt
bullocke nor sheepe wherein is blemish or any make him King ouer thee, whome the Lord thy
God shall chuse: from among thy brethren shalt
euill fauoured thing: for that is an abomination thou make a King ouer thee: thou shalt not set
vnto the Lord thy God. If there be founde among a stranger ouer thee, which is not thy brother.
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you in any of thy cities, which the Lord thy God 16 In any wise he shall not prepare him many
giueth thee, man or woman that hath wrought horses, nor bring the people againe to Egypt,
wickednes in the sight of the Lord thy God, in for to encrease the number of horses, seeing the
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transgressing his couenant, And hath gone and Lord hath sayd vnto you, Ye shall henceforth
serued other gods, and worshipped them: as the goe no more againe that way. 17 Neither shall
sunne, or the moone, or any of the hoste of hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne
heauen, which I haue not commanded, And it
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be tolde vnto thee, and thou hast heard it, then away, neither shall he gather him much siluer
shalt thou inquire diligently: and if it be true, and golde. 18 And when he shall sit vpon the
and the thing certaine, that such abomination is throne of his kingdo, then shall he write him
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wrought in Israel, Then shalt thou bring foorth this Law repeted in a booke, by the Priests of the
that man, or that woman (which haue committed Leuites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall
that wicked thing) vnto thy gates, whether it reade therein all daies of his life, that he may
be man or woman, and shalt stone them with learne to feare the Lord his God, and to keepe
stones, til they die. At the mouth of two or three all ye words of this Lawe, and these ordinances
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witnesses shall he that is woorthie of death, die: for to doe them: 20 That his heart be not lifted
but at the mouth of one witnesse, he shall not vp aboue his brethren, and that he turne not
die. 7 The handes of the witnesses shall be first from the commandement, to the right hand or
vpon him, to kill him: and afterward the hands to the left, but that he may prolong his daies in
of all the people: so thou shalt take the wicked his kingdom, he, and his sonnes in the middes of
away from among you. 8 If there rise a matter Israel.
too harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood
and blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene 18
plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie 1 The Priests of the Leuites, and all the tribe of
within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe Leui shall haue no part nor inheritace with Israel,
vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall but shall eate the offerings of the Lord made by
chuse, And thou shalt come vnto the Priestes fire, and his inheritance. 2 Therefore shall they
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of the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shall be haue no inheritance among their brethren: for
in those daies, and aske, and they shall shewe the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath sayd vnto
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thee the sentence of iudgement, And thou shalt them. And this shalbe the Priests duetie of the
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