the place which the LORD thy God shall choose thee, 9. And come to the priests, and to the Levites, and to the judge that shall be at that time, and ask; and they shall pronounce judgment unto thee.

And thou shalt do according to all that they tell thee in the place which the LORD hath mentioned, and shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee.

According to the law which they teach thee, and according to the statute which they tell thee, thou shalt keep it, that thou depart not from it to the right hand, nor to the left.

And if any man act presumptuously, that he obey not the priest which is there in the office of the LORD thy God, or the judge, he shall die: and thou shalt put away the wicked from Israel.

That all the people may hear, and fear, and be no more presumptuous.

When thou shalt come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, as all the nations have over me,

Then shalt thou make him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose. But thou shalt set one of thy brethren to be king over thee. Thou canst not set over thee any stranger that is not thy brother.

But that he keep not many horses, neither bring the people again into Egypt, because of the multitude of horses: for the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall not come again by this way.

Neither shall he take many wives, lest his heart be turned away: neither shall he gather much silver and gold.

And when he shall sit upon the throne of his kingdom, he shall take this other law from the priests the Levites, and have it written in a book.

This shall be with him, and he shall read in it 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 the statutes thereof, to do them.

He shall not lift up his heart above his brethren, neither shall he depart from the commandment on the right hand, nor on the left, that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in Israel.
(Deuteronomy)
Chapter 18
Of the priesthood, idolatry, and Christ the right prophet.

The priests, the Levites, of all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel.
The sacrifices of the LORD, and his inheritance, shall they eat.

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren; that the LORD may be their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

And this shall be the law of the priests upon the people, and upon them that sacrifice, whether they be oxen or sheep, to give unto the priest the arm, and the cheek, and the belly.

And the firstling of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the firstling of the shearing of thy sheep.

For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to minister in the name of the LORD, he and his sons for ever.

If a Levite come out of any of thy gates, or out of all Israel, where he is a sojourner, and come according to all the pleasure of his soul into the place which the LORD hath mentioned, 7. To minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites, which stand there before the LORD,

And they shall have an equal part to eat of the things which he hath sold. Property of his fathers.

When thou comest into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn the abominations of these nations.

Lest there be found among thee a man that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or a prophet, or a diviner, or one that hearkeneth unto the voice of birds, or a sorcerer, 11. Or conjurors, or diviners, or interpreters of signs, or one who inquires of the dead.

For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD: and for these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

But thou shalt be without change with the LORD thy God.

For these nations, which thou shalt take, obey the diviners and the prophets: but thou shalt not so hold thyself against the LORD thy God.

A prophet like unto me shall the LORD thy God raise up unto thee out of thee, and out of thy brethren, and ye shall obey him.

As thou hast asked of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the congregation, saying: I will no more hear the voice of the LORD my God, neither will I see the great fire any more, lest I die.

And the LORD said unto me, They have spoken well.

I will raise up unto them a prophet like unto thee from among their brethren, and will give my words to his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

And whosoever shall not hear my words, which he shall speak in my name, of him will I require it.

But if any prophet be presumptuous to speak in my name, which I commanded him not to speak, and that speaketh in the name of other gods, the same prophet shall die.

But whether thou wilt say in thine heart: How can I know what word the LORD hath not spoken?

If a prophet speak in the name of the LORD, and it come to nothing, and be not come, that is the word which the LORD hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it out of presumption: therefore shun him not.
(Deuteronomy)
Chapter 19
Order of the free cities. False witness punishment.

When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, which land the LORD thy God shall give thee to possess them, and to dwell in their cities and in their houses, 2. Thou shalt set apart for thee three cities in the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

And thou shalt choose places, and divide the border of thy land, which the LORD thy God shall divide unto thee, into three circles; and thither shall he flee that hath committed manslaughter.

And this shall be the thing, that he that hath committed manslaughter may flee, and live: If a man smite his neighbour, not wilfully, and hated him not before, 5. But as if a man went into the woods with his neighbour to cut wood, and took out an axe with his hand to cut down the wood, and the iron came off the handle, and struck his neighbour, and he died; he shall flee one in these cities, and live,

Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is heated, and take hold of him, because the way is so far off, and smite his soul, when yet there is no sentence of death upon him, because he hated not before.

Therefore I command thee to set apart three cities.

And if the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he sware unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he spake to give unto thy fathers

If thou shalt keep all these commandments, to do according to them which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk in his ways all the days of thy life, then thou shalt do three cities more unto these three,

Lest innocent blood be shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood be upon thee.

But if a man bear hatred against his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and make himself against him, and smite his soul, and be a creeper in these cities, 12. Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him from thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

Thine eyes shall not spare him: thou shalt put on the innocent blood of Israel, and it shall be well with thee.

Thou shalt not drive back thy neighbour’s border, which the former have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land which the LORD thy God hath given thee to possess.

No single witness shall stand against any man concerning any iniquity or sin, whatsoever sin it be that can be committed: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall the matter stand.

If a wicked witness appear against any man, to testify against him a transgression, 17. Then shall the two men that have a matter together stand before the LORD in the presence of the priests and judges, which shall be at the same time;

And the judges shall inquire. And if the false witness hath borne false witness against his brother,

Then do unto him as he would have done unto his brother, that thou put away the wicked from thee,

That others may hear, and be afraid, and do no more such wicked things under thee.

Thine eye shall not spare his. Soul for soul, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot
for foot.
(Deuteronomy)
Chapter 20
Rules of War

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and seest horses and chariots of a people greater than thyself, fear them not: for the LORD thy God, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, is with thee.

And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the battle, that the priest shall come and