1 The things sacrificed must be sound 2-7 Idolaters must be slain 8-11 Hard controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges 12,13 The contemner of that determination must die 14,15 The election 16-20 and duty of a king

Thou shalt De 15:21 Ex 12:5 Le 22:20-25 Mal 1:8,13,14 Heb 9:14 1Pe 1:19

sheep. or, goat.
any evil favouredness Ge 41:3,4,19

for that De 23:18 24:4 25:16 Pr 6:16 11:1 15:8 20:10

2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

within any of thy gates The expression, `within any of thy gates,' denoted all residing in the cities, and all who went in and come out at the gates of them; so that it included the inhabitants of the whole land.

man De 17:5 13:6 29:18

in transgressing De 4:23 29:25 31:20 Le 26:15,25 Jos 7:11,15 23:16 Jud 2:20 2Ki 18:12 Jer 31:32 Eze 16:39 Ho 6:7 8:1 Heb 8:9,10

3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

the sun De 4:19 2Ki 21:3 Job 31:26,27 Jer 8:2 Eze 8:16

which Jer 7:22,23,31 19:5 32:35

4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

enquired De 13:12-14 19:18 Pr 25:2 Joh 7:51

5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

stone them De 13:10,11 21:21 22:21,24 Le 24:14,16 Jos 7:25

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

De 19:15 Nu 35:30 Mt 18:16 Joh 8:17,18 2Co 13:1 1Ti 5:19 Heb 10:28

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

of the witnesses De 13:9 Ac 7:58,59

So thou De 17:12 13:5 19:19 24:7 Jud 20:13 1Co 5:13

8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

arise De 1:17 Ex 18:26 1Ki 3:16-28 2Ch 19:8-10 Hag 2:11 Mal 2:7

between blood De 19:4,10,11 Ex 21:12-14,20,22,28 22:2 Nu 35:11,16,19

get thee up De 12:5 19:17 Ps 122:4,5

9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment:

the priests Jer 18:18 Hag 2:11 Mal 2:7

they shall De 19:17-21 Eze 44:24

10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

Mt 22:2,3

11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

According to Jos 1:7 Mal 2:8,9 Ro 13:1-6 Tit 3:1 1Pe 2:13-15 2Pe 2:10 Jude 1:8

to the right De 17:20 5:32 28:14 Jos 1:7 23:6 2Sa 14:19 Pr 4:27

12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

will do De 13:5,11 Nu 15:30 Ezr 10:8 Ps 19:13 Ho 4:4 Mt 10:14 Heb 10:26-29

and will not hearken [heb] not to hearken Jer 25:3

the priest De 10:8 18:5,7 Lu 10:16 Joh 12:48 20:23 1Th 4:2,8

that man Heb 10:28

thou shalt De 17:7 13:5 Pr 21:11 1Ti 5:20

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

shall hear De 13:11 19:20

presumptuously Nu 15:30,31

14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

When thou De 7:1 12:9,10 18:9 26:1,9 Le 14:34 Jos 1:13

I will set 1Sa 8:5-7,19,20 12:19

15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

whom 1Sa 9:15-17 10:24 16:12,13 2Sa 5:2 1Ch 12:23 22:10 28:5 Ps 2:2,6

from among Jer 30:21 Mt 22:17

not set Jer 2:25

16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

multiply horses Multiplying horses for chariots of war and cavalry, or for luxury, would increase the splendour of a monarch, and form a ground of confidence distinct from a proper confidence in God, and inconsistent with it, and with considering as the glory of Israel. Egypt abounded in horses; and the desire of multiplying these would induce the prince to encourage a trade with that kingdom; and this might make way the Israelites being again subjugated by the Egyptians, or at least corrupted by their idolatries and vices. Whereas, it was the command of God that they should no more return thither, but be totally detached from them. Besides, they might be tempted to extend their dominion by means of cavalry, and so get scattered among the surrounding idolatrous nations, and thus cease to be that distinct, separate people, which God intended they should be. 1Sa 8:11 2Sa 8:4 1Ki 1:5 4:26 10:26-28 2Ch 9:25 Ps 20:7 Isa 36:8,9 Ho 14:3

cause Isa 31:1-3 Jer 42:14 Eze 17:15

Ye shall henceforth De 28:68 Ex 13:17 14:13 Nu 14:3,4 Jer 42:15,16 Ho 11:5

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

multiply wives Ge 2:24 2Sa 3:2-5 1Ki 11:1-4 Ne 13:26 Mal 2:15 Mt 19:5

neither shall he 1Ki 10:21 Ps 62:10 Pr 30:8,9 Mt 6:19,20 13:22 19:23,24 Lu 12:15 1Ti 6:9,17

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

that he shall 2Ki 11:12

a copy. Mishneh hattorah hazzoth, `a duplicate of this law.' translated by the Septuagint, (), this Deuteronomy. From this version, both the Vulgate and all the modern versions have taken the name of this book; and from it the original word, the Jews call it Mishneh.

out of that which De 31:9,25,26 2Ki 22:8 2Ch 34:15

19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

De 6:6-9 11:18 Jos 1:8 Ps 1:2 119:97-100 Joh 5:39 2Ti 3:15-17

20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside 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 midst of Israel.

his heart De 8:2,13,14 2Ki 14:10 2Ch 25:19 26:16 32:25,26 33:12,19 34:27 Ps 131:1,2 Isa 2:12 Da 5:20-23 Hab 2:4 2Co 12:7 1Pe 5:5

he turn De 4:2 5:32 12:25,28,32 1Ki 15:5

right hand De 17:11 1Sa 13:13,14 15:23 1Ki 11:12,13,34,36 2Ki 10:30 Ps 19:11 132:12 Pr 27:24 Ec 8:13

that he Pr 10:27