"You may carry and bring only your consecrated gifts and offerings in fulfillment of promises to the place that the LORD will choose.

Be sure to observe all these words that I'm commanding you, in order that life may go well for you and your children after you forever, for this is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God."

"When the LORD your God eliminates the nations that you are about to dispossess so you can live in their land,

after they have been destroyed in your sight, be careful not to be ensnared as they were. Otherwise, you will seek their gods and ask yourselves, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.'

You must not do the same to the LORD your God, because they practiced in the presence of their gods every sort of abomination that the LORD hates. Moreover, they sacrificed their sons and daughters to their gods.

Now as to everything I'm commanding you, you must be careful to observe it. Don't add to or subtract from it."

that takes place, and then he may tell you, "Let's follow other gods (whom you have not known) and let's serve them.' Even though the sign or portent comes to pass,

you must not listen to the words of that prophet or that diviner of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to make known whether or not you'll continue to love the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.

You must follow the LORD your God, fear him, observe his commandments, listen to his voice, serve him, and cling to him.

That prophet or diviner of dreams must be executed, because he advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and because he lured you from the way in which the LORD your God instructed you to live. Purge the evil from among you."

from the gods of the people that surround you whether near or far from you from one end of the earth to the other).

You must not yield to him, listen to him, look with pity on him, show compassion to him, or even cover up for him.

But you must surely execute him. You must be the first to put him to death with your own hand, and then the hands of the whole community.

Stone him to death, because he sought to lure you from the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the land of slavery.

Then all Israel will hear about it, be afraid, and won't do this evil thing again among you.

"You may hear in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit

that worthless men have come from among you to entice those who live in the towns. They may say, "Let's go and serve other gods that you haven't known.'

then put the inhabitants of the town to death by the sword. Devote everything in it to divine destruction even its livestock by the sword.

Gather whatever you've taken as spoils at the public square of the town, then burn the town, along with whatever you've taken, as an offering to the LORD your God. It will remain a permanent mound of ruins, never to be rebuilt again.

Moreover, you must never take any item from those condemned things, so the LORD may yet relent from his burning anger and extend compassion, have mercy, and cause you to increase in number as he promised by an oath to your ancestors

if you obey the voice of the LORD your God by observing all his commands that I'm commanding you today. Do what is right in the sight of the LORD your God."

because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the nations of the earth."

"You may choose to eat from these creatures in the water: you may eat anything with fin and scale,

but you may not eat anything without fin and scale, since it is unclean to you.

Any winged, swarming insect is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.

"You must not eat any carcass. But you may give it to the alien in your cities so he may eat it or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

"Be sure to tithe annually from everything you plant that yields a harvest in the field.

Then in the presence of the LORD your God, in the place where he'll choose to establish his name, you may consume the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your livestock and flock, so that you'll learn to revere the LORD your God all your life.

Now the way may be distant from you, so that you are unable to transport your tithe because you have been blessed by the LORD your God and the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish his name may be distant from you.

In that case, convert it into cash, secure the money, and then bring it to the place where the LORD will choose.

You may spend the money to your heart's content to buy livestock, flocks, wine, strong drink, and whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God."

so the descendants of Levi who have no tribal allotment as you do foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do."

This is the way to conduct remission: every creditor must cancel the loan that his friend borrowed, and he must not pressure his friend or brother to repay it, because remission to the LORD will be proclaimed.

Moreover, there will be no poor person among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is about to give you to possess.

Only be certain to obey the voice of the LORD your God. Carefully observe all of these commands that I'm commanding to you today.

For the LORD your God will bless you just as he promised. You are to lend to many nations but not borrow. Also, you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you."

"If there should be a poor man among your relatives in one of the cities of the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your poor relative.

Instead, be sure to open your hand to him and lend him enough to lessen his need.

Be careful not to think this wicked thought to yourselves: "The seventh year, the year of remission, is drawing near,' and you show ill will toward your poor relative and not give to him. He may then call to the LORD on account of you, and you will be guilty of sin.

You must certainly give to him and not feel regret for doing so. Because of this, the LORD your God will bless all your works and everything you do.

Since poor people won't cease to exist in the land, therefore I'm commanding you: Be sure to be generous to your poor and needy relatives in your land."

"When a fellow Hebrew male or female slave is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you are to set them free.

But when you set them free, don't send them away empty-handed.

Provide for them liberally from your flock, threshing floor, and wine vat. As the LORD your God has blessed you, so give to them.

Don't ever forget that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, yet the LORD your God redeemed you. Therefore, I'm giving you these commands today.

"Should that slave say to you, "I won't leave you,' because he loves you and your household, and it was good for him to be with you,

then take an awl and pierce through his earlobe into the door. Then he will be your slave forever. You are to do the same for your female slaves.

Don't view this as a hardship for yourself when you set him free, for he will have served you for six years twice the time of a paid worker. Then the LORD will bless you in all that you do."

"Set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male among your herd and flock. You must not put the firstborn of your ox to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.

If it has a blemish lameness, blindness, or any kind of defect you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

In your cities both the unclean and the clean together are to eat together, as the gazelle and the deer.

"Observe the month of Abib, keeping the Passover to the LORD your God, because the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt during the night in the month of Abib.

Then sacrifice sheep and cattle for the Passover to the LORD your God at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.

You must not eat any yeast with it. Instead, for seven days eat bread without yeast the bread of affliction because you left the land of Egypt in haste. Remember the day you went out of the land of Egypt for the rest of your lives.

Yeast is not to be seen in any of your territories for seven days. The meat is not to remain from the evening of the first day until morning.

"You must not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you.

But at the place where your God will choose to establish his name, you are to sacrifice the Passover in the evening at dusk, at the time of day you left Egypt.

Boil and eat the Passover meal at the place that the LORD your God will choose. In the morning you may go back to your tents.

Eat bread without yeast for six days. Then on the seventh day, hold an assembly to the LORD your God. Don't do any work."

"Count off seven weeks from when the sickle is first put to standing grain.

Then observe the Festival of Weeks in the presence of the LORD your God by giving your tribute and the freewill offering of your hands in proportion to the manner in which the LORD your God blessed you.

Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.

For seven days you are to celebrate in the presence of the LORD your God at the place where the LORD will choose; for the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in everything you do, and your joy will be complete.

but each one must appear with his own gift, proportional to the blessing that the LORD your God has given you."

"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.

You are to pursue justice and only justice so you may live and possess the land that the LORD your God is about to give you."

"You are not to set up a sacred pole beside the altar of the LORD your God that you will build.

Furthermore, you are not to erect for yourselves a sacred stone pillar, because the LORD your God detests these things.

"You may discover that a man or woman living in one of your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you has done evil in the eyes of the LORD your God by transgressing his covenant.

He may be following and serving other gods by bowing down to them that is, to the sun, the moon, or to any of the heavenly host (something I did not command).

When it is reported to you or you hear of it, then investigate it thoroughly. When the truth has been established that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,

summon the man or the woman who did this evil thing to your city gates. Then stone the man or the woman to death.

Based on the testimony of two or three witnesses, they must surely die. But they are not to die based on the testimony of one person.

Let the witnesses be the first to begin executing them, then the rest of the people shall follow. By doing this you will purge evil from among you."

"If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the LORD your God will choose.

Present the case to the Levitical priest or the judge at that time. When you have inquired and they have announced the verdict,

carry out the verdict that was declared to you at the place that the LORD will choose. Carefully observe all of their instructions to you

in accordance with what the Law says, and in accordance with the verdict that will be handed to you. You must not deviate from the verdict that they declare to you either to the right or to the left.

If a man presumptuously disregards the priest who is serving the LORD your God there or the judge, that person must die so you will purge evil from Israel.

"When you have come to the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, and you have taken possession of it, and have settled in it, then you will say, "I will appoint a king over me like all the nations around me.'

Only he must not amass horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt to obtain more horses. For the LORD said you must never return that way again.

It is to remain with him the rest of his life so he may learn to fear the LORD his God and observe all the words of this Law and these statutes, in order to fulfill them.

He is not to exalt himself over his relatives, nor turn aside from the commandment neither to the right nor to the left so that he and his sons may reign long in Israel."

"A portion of what the people offer in sacrifice, whether cattle or sheep, is to be due the priests. They must set aside the shoulder, jowls, and stomach for the priest.

For the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants from among your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the LORD all their lives."

"Any descendant of Levi who wishes to do so may come from any city or part of Israel where he resides to the place that the LORD will choose.

he may eat the same share as they do regardless of what he receives from his ancestral estate."

"When you enter the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't learn the detestable practices of those nations there.

Whoever practices these things is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God will expel them before you because of these things.

You must be completely faithful to the LORD your God,

because those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and divination. But the LORD does not allow you to act this way."

"The LORD your God will raise up a prophet like me for you from among your relatives. You must listen to him,

because this is what you asked from the LORD your God at Horeb when you were assembled together: "Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God again, or even see this great fire otherwise, we will die.'

I will raise up a prophet like you from among their relatives, and I will place my words in his mouth so that he may expound everything that I have commanded to them.

But if someone will not listen to those words that the prophet speaks in my name, I will hold him accountable.

Even then, if the prophet speaks presumptuously in my name, which I didn't authorize him to speak, or if he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.'

Now you may ask yourselves, "How will we be able to discern that the LORD has not spoken?'

"When the LORD your God destroys those nations whose lands he is about to give you, you must dispossess them and live in their cities and houses.

You must reserve three cities within the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to possess.

"Now this is the situation for any killer who flees there to live: suppose he strikes his friend unwittingly, not having hated him previously.