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Blood is forbidden.

ch.26.16, Obedience (1).

Nu.11.5, Appetites.

DEUTERONOMY, 13

Of enticers to idolatry burnt offerings, and there thou thou hast, and thy vows, thou p.p.Nu.5.9; 18.19. shalt do all that I command shalt take, and go unto the place v.5, Sacred Places. which the LORD shall choose: thee.

15 Notwithstanding thou may- 27 And thou shalt offer thy

est kill and eat flesh in all thy burnt offerings, the flesh and Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings. gates, whatsoever thy soul lust- the blood, upon the altar of the Ex.27.1, Brazen Altar. eth after, according to the LORD thy God: and the blood of Ge.24.35, Temporal Bless- blessing of the LORD thy God thy sacrifices shall be poured which he hath given thee: the out upon the altar of the LORD unclean and the clean may eat thy God, and thou shalt eat the thereof, as of the roebuck, and flesh. as of the hart.

p.p.ch.14.5; 15.22.

[ings.

Ge.9.4, Blood Forbidden,

28 Observe and hear all these 16 Only ye shall not eat the words which I command thee, [1 S.14.34. blood; ye shall pour it upon the that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after earth as water.

Ge.14.20, Tithes.
Ne.10.39, New Wine.
Ex.29.2, Oil (2).

Ge.28.20, Vows Made.

17 ¶Thou mayest not eat with- thee for ever, when thou doest
in thy gates the tithe of thy that which is good and right in Ex.20.6, Prom. to Obediest.
corn, or of thy wine, or of thy the sight of the LORD thy God.
29 TWhen the LORD thy God
oil, or the firstlings of thy

herds or of thy flock, nor any shall cut off the nations from Ex.34.24, Heathen Cast Out.
of thy vows which thou vowest, before thee, whither thou goest

Nu.15.3, Freewill-offerings. nor thy freewill offerings, or to possess them, and thou sucheave offering of thine hand: ceedest them, and dwellest in 18 But thou must eat them their land;

Ex.29.27, Heave-offerings.

v.5, Sacred Places.

v.7, Rejoicing (1).

before the LORD thy God in the 30 Take heed to thyself that Mt.6.1, Take Heed.
place which the LORD thy God thou be not snared by follow-Le.20.23, Evil Example.
shall choose, thou, and thy son, ing them, after that they be

and thy daughter, and thy man- destroyed from before thee; Ex.23.2, Sinful Imitation,
servant, and thy maidservant, and that thou enquire not after

[1 S.8.20.

and the Le'vite that is within their gods, saying, How did these 1 Chr.16.26, False Gods.
thy gates: and thou shalt re- nations serve their gods? even Ge.35.2, Idolatry (1).
joice before the LORD thy God so will I do likewise.

in all that thou puttest thine 31 Thou shalt not do so unto
the LORD thy God: for every
hands unto.

19 Take heed to thyself that abomination to the LORD, which ch.7.25, Abominations. p.p.ch.14.27. Ex.32.26, Levites, ch.14.27. thou forsake not the Le'vite as he hateth, have they done unto long as thou livest upon the their gods; for even their sons earth.

Ge.39.3, Prosperity (4). Ex.34.24, Enlargement (2), [ch.19.8.

1 K.8.56, God's Promises. Nu.11.5, Appetites.

v.5, Sacred Places.

p.p.v.15.

Ge.9.4, Blood Forbidden.

p.p.ch.4.40.

Ex.20.6, Prom. to Obedient.

[2 K.3.27.

and their daughters they have Le.18.21, Human Sacrifices, 20 ¶ When the LORD thy God burnt in the fire to their gods. shall enlarge thy border, as he 32 What thing soever I com[Pr.30.6. hath promised thee, and thou mand you, observe to do it: ch.26.16, Obedience (1). shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thou shalt not add thereto, nor ch.4.2, God's Word Sacred, thy soul longeth to eat flesh; diminish from it. thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd

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a dreamer of v.5, False Prophets. hath given thee, as I have com- dreams, and giveth thee a sign manded thee, and thou shalt eat or a wonder, in thy gates whatsoever thy soul 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake lusteth after. 22 Even as the roebuck and unto thee, saying, Let us go af- v.6, Enticers. the hart is eaten, so thou shalt ter other gods, which thou hast eat them: the unclean and the not known, and let us serve clean shall eat of them alike.

them;

23 Only be sure that thou eat 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto
not the blood: for the blood is the words of that prophet, or
Ge.22.1, Spir. Tests,
[2 Chr.32.31.
the life; and thou mayest not that dreamer of dreams: for the
LORD your God proveth you, to
eat the life with the flesh.
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou know whether ye love the LORD Ps. 18.1, Love to God.
shalt pour it upon the earth as your God with all your heart and ch.6.5, Whole Heart.
with all your soul.

[ments.

water. ch.10.12, Fear God, Jos.4.24. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that .4 Ye shall walk after the Ho.6.3. Followers. it may go well with thee, and LORD your God, and fear him, Ex.20.6, Keep Commandwith thy children after thee, and keep his commandments, Ex.23.25, Serve God. Da.4.27, Righteousness (4). when thou shalt do that which and obey his voice, and ye shall ch.26.16, Obedience (1). ch.6.18, In God's Sight (2), is right in the sight of the LORD. serve him, and cleave unto him. Jos.23.8, Steadfastness (1). [2 K.12.2. 26 Only thy holy things which 5 And that prophet, or that False Prophets, ch.18.22.

196

= Of idolatrous cities.

Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty.
2 K.21.9, Seducers.
ch.8.2, Divine Leader.
Ex.14.30, Deliverance (1).

Evil Put Away, ch.17.7.

p.p.Jb.2.9.

1 K.11.4, Evil Influences. Enticers, Pr.1.10.

1 Chr.16.26, False Gods.

See Resist the Devil,Ep.4.27. 2 K.21.9, Seducers.

Ge.9.6, Death Penalty (1),

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dreamer of dreams, shall be put 16 And thou shalt gather all

to death; because he hath spo- the spoil of it into the midst of Ge.34.28, Spoil, ch.20.14.
ken to turn you away from the the street thereof, and shalt
LORD your God, which brought burn with fire the city, and all Ge.19.24, Fire (3).
you out of the land of Egypt, the spoil thereof every whit, for

and redeemed you out of the the LORD thy God: and it shall p.p.Jos.8.28; Is.17.1.
house of bondage, to thrust thee be an heap for ever; it shall not

out of the way which the LORD be built again.

thy God commanded thee to 17 And there shall cleave p.p.Jos.6.18.
walk in. So shalt thou put the nought of the cursed thing to
evil away from the midst of thine hand: that the LORD may
thee.
6 If thy brother, the son of anger, and shew thee mercy, and Ex.34.7, Mercy Promised.
thy mother, or thy son, or thy have compassion upon thee, and Ex.3.7, Divine Compassion.
daughter, or the wife of thy multiply thee, as he hath sworn Ge.15.5,Posterity Promised.
bosom, or thy friend, which is unto thy fathers;
Ex.23.25, Blessings (2).

turn from the fierceness of his Ex.4.14, God's Anger.

as thine own soul, entice thee 18 When thou shalt hearken to ch.4.1, Hearken.
secretly, saying, Let us go and the voice of the LORD thy God, Ge.3.8, God's Voice.
serve other gods, which thou to keep all his commandments Ex.20.6, Keep Command-
hast not known, thou, nor thy which I command thee this day,
[ments.
fathers;

to do that which is right in the Da.4.27, Righteousness (4).
7 Namely, of the gods of the eyes of the LORD thy God.
people which are round about
you, nigh unto thee, or far off

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from thee, from the one end of God's children must not disfigure B.C.1451.

the earth even unto the other
end of the earth;

8 Thou shalt not consent un-
to him, nor hearken unto him;

themselves in mourning. 3 What
may be eaten, and what may not,
4 of beasts, 9 of fishes, 11 of fowls.
22 Tithes of divine service. 28 The
third year's tithe of alms and char-
ity.

neither shall thine eye pity him, YLORD your God: ye shall

E are the children of the Mt.5.9, Children of God,

neither shalt thou spare, neither
shalt thou conceal him:

not cut yourselves, nor make Jud.1.6, Mutilation. 9 But thou shalt surely kill any baldness between your eyes Le.13 40, Baldness, 2 K.2.23. [ch.17.12. him; thine hand shall be first for the dead. Le.19.28, Body Sacred. upon him to put him to death, 2 For thou art an holy people Ex.19.5, God's People, and afterwards the hand of all unto the LORD thy God, and the [ch.26.19. the people. LORD hath chosen thee to be a ch.7.6, Chosen Ones. 10 And thou shalt stone him peculiar people unto himself, Spir. Adoption, Is.43.1. [ch.17.5. with stones, that he die; be- above all the nations that are

Ex.19.13, Stoning (1),

cause he hath sought to thrust upon the earth.

thee away from the LORD thy 3 Thou shalt not eat any Ge.9.4,Food Prohibited, v.10. Ex.14.30, Deliverance (1). God, which brought thee out of abominable thing. the land of Egypt, from the 4 These are the beasts which Ex.1.11, Bondage of Israel. house of bondage. ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, Ge.4.4, Sheep. 11 And all Iş'ra-el shall hear, and the goat,

p.p.Jos.22.11. Ge.11.4, Cities.

Ge.15.9, Goats.

See Fear of God, 1 S.12.14. and fear, and shall do no more 5 The hart, and the roebuck,
any such wickedness as this is and the fallow deer, and the Deer, 2 S.2.18.
wild goat, and the pygarg, and
the wild ox, and the chamois.
6 And every beast that parteth
the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft
into two claws, and cheweth the
13 Certain men, the children cud among the beasts, that ye
of Beli-al, are gone out from shall eat.

Base Fellows, 1 S.2.12.

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among you.
12 ¶If thou shalt hear say in
one of thy cities, which the
LORD thy God hath given thee
to dwell there, saying,

among you, and have with- 7 Nevertheless these ye shall
drawn the inhabitants of their not eat of them that chew the
city, saying, Let us go and serve cud, or of them that divide the
other gods, which ye have not cloven hoof; as the camel, and Ge.12.16, Camels.
known;
the hare, and the coney: for Le.11.5, Conies.
14 Then shalt thou enquire, they chew the cud, but divide
and make search, and ask dili- not the hoof; therefore they
gently; and, behold, if it be are unclean unto you.

truth, and the thing certain, 8 And the swine, because it Le.11.7, Swine.
that such abomination is divideth the hoof, yet cheweth

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10 And whatsoever hath not within thy gates; thou shalt not fins and scales ye may not eat; forsake him; for he hath no [Jud.13.4. it is unclean unto you.

Ge.9.4, Food Prohibited,

Ge.1.20, Birds, ch.22.6.

Ex.19.4, Eagles.

Le.11.14, Vultures, Jb.28.7.
Ge.8.7, Ravens, 1 K.17.4.

Le.11.16, Hawks, Jb.39.26.

Le.11.16, Owls, Is.34.14.

Le.11.18, Pelicans, Ps.102.6.
Le.11.17, Cormorants,
[Is.34.11.

Ge.1.26, Creeping Things,

p.p.Ex.22.31.

The year of release.

part nor inheritance with thee. Nu.18.20, Priests' Inherit11 ¶Of all clean birds ye shall 28 TAt the end of three years [ance, ch.18.2 eat. thou shalt bring forth all the Ge.14.20, Tithes, ch.26.12. tithe of thine increase the same Ge.26.12, Increase. year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

29 And the Le'vite, (because p.p.ch.10.9. he hath no part nor inheritance

12 But these are they of which
ye shall not eat: the eagle, and
the ossifrage, and the ospray,
13 And the glede, and the kite,
and the vulture after his kind,
14 And every raven after his with thee,) and the stranger, Ex.12.19, Strangers (3).
kind,
and the fatherless, and the Ex.22.22, Widow and Father-
15 And the owl, and the night widow, which are within thy
[less (1), ch.24.17.
hawk, and the cuckow, and the gates, shall come, and shall eat
hawk after his kind,
and be satisfied; that the LORD

16 The little owl, and the great thy God may bless thee in all Ex.23.25, Blessings (2).
owl, and the swan,
the work of thine hand which
thou doest.

17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

19 And every creeping thing [Ps.104.25. that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

Ex.12.19, Strangers (3).

Ex.19.5, God's People.
p.p. Ex.23.19.

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The seventh year a year of release for B.C.1451.
the poor: 7 it must be no hindrance
brew servants freedom. 19 All
to lending or giving., 12 Of He-
firstling males of cattle to be sanc-|
tified unto the Lord.

20 But of all clean fowls ye Ayears thou shalt make a Ex.23.11, Sabbatic Year

T the end of every seven Ge.29.18, Seven Years.

may eat.
21 ¶Ye shall not eat of any release.

thing that dieth of itself: thou 2 And this is the manner of
shalt give it unto the stranger the release: Every creditor that

[ch.31.10.

that is in thy gates, that he may lendeth ought unto his neigh- Le.19.18,Duty to Neighbors. eat it; or thou mayest sell it un-bour shall release it; he shall to an alien: for thou art an holy not exact it of his neighbour, or people unto the LORD thy God. of his brother; because it is Thou shalt not seethe a kid in called the LORD'S release. his mother's milk. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest p.p.ch.23.20. 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all exact it again: but that which Ge.26.12, Increase, ch.16.15. the increase of thy seed, that is thine with thy brother thine the field bringeth forth year by hand shall release;

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23 And thou shalt eat before poor among you; for the LORD 1 S.2.8, Poor (2).
the LORD thy God, in the place shall greatly bless thee in the Ex.23.25, Blessings (2).
which he shall choose to place land which the LORD thy God

[ch.15.20. his name there, the tithe of thy giveth thee for an inheritance Le.20.24, Israel's Inherit-
corn, of thy wine, and of thine to possess it:

Ne.10.39, New Wine.
Ex.29.2, Oil (2).

ch.10.12, Fear God.

p.p.ch.12.21.

Je.32.10, Money.

oil, and the firstlings of thy 5 Only if thou carefully heark- ch.4.1, Hearken.
herds and of thy flocks; that en unto the voice of the LORD

[ance.

thou mayest learn to fear the thy God, to observe to do all Ex.19.5, Obedience (3).
LORD thy God always.
these commandments which I Ex.20.6, Keep Command-
24 And if the way be too long command thee this day.
[ments.
for thee, so that thou art not 6 For the LORD thy God bless- ch.23.5, God's Blessing.
able to carry it; or if the place eth thee, as he promised thee: 1 K.8.56, God's Promises.
be too far from thee, which the and thou shalt lend unto many

LORD thy God shall choose to nations, but thou shalt not bor- Ge.39.3, Prosperity (4).
set his name there, when the row; and thou shalt reign over ch.26.19, Israel Exalted.
LORD thy God hath blessed thee: many nations, but they shall

25 Then shalt thou turn it in- not reign over thee.

to money, and bind up the 7 If there be among you a

money in thine hand, and shalt poor man of one of thy brethren Ex.23.11, Poor (4), ch.24.12.
go unto the place which the within any of thy gates in thy
LORD thy God shall choose: land which the LORD thy God
26 And thou shalt bestow that giveth thee, thou shalt not
money for whatsoever thy soul harden thine heart, nor shut Pr.11.26, Selfishness (1).
lusteth after, for oxen, or for thine hand from thy poor Le.25.35, Alms, Pr.31.20.

Ge14.18, Wine (2), 2Chr.32.28. sheep, or for wine, or for strong brother:

Nu.11.5, Appetites.

Ec.2.10, Enjoyment.

drink, or for whatsoever thy 8 But thou shalt open thine v.14, Benevolence (1).
soul desireth: and thou shalt hand wide unto him, and shalt

eat there before the LORD thy surely lend him sufficient for Lending, Ps.37.26.
God, and thou shalt rejoice, his need, in that which he
thou, and thine household, wanteth.

Ex.32.26,Levites, 1Chr.23.27. 27 And the Le'vite that is 9 Beware that there be not a

Of Hebrew servants' freedom.

Evil Thoughts, Ps.64.6.
Ec.8.11, Evil Heart.

, Ex.23.11, Sabbatic Year.

ch.28.54, Evil Eye. Pr.15.27, Avarice (1). Ex.2.23, Crying to God.

ch.16.17, Giving (2).

Pr.11.24, Parsimony.

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[ch.16.2.

thought in thy wicked heart, 20 Thou shalt eat it before the
saying, The seventh year, the LORD thy God year by year in
year of release, is at hand; and the place which the LORD shall ch.12.5, Sacred Places,
thine eye be evil against thy choose, thou and thy household.
poor brother, and thou givest 21 And if there be any blem- Ex.12.5, Unblemished.
him nought; and he cry unto ish therein, as if it be lame, or
the LORD against thee, and it blind, or have any ill blemish,
be sin unto thee.
thou shalt not sacrifice it unto
10 Thou shalt surely give him, the LORD thy God.
and thine heart shall not be 22 Thou shalt eat it within

2 Chr.31.10, Benevolence (2). grieved when thou givest unto thy gates: the unclean and the p.p.ch.12.15.
him: because that for this clean person shall eat it alike,
thing the LORD thy God shall as the roebuck, and as the hart.

Ex.20.6, Prom. to Obedient. bless thee in all thy works, and 23 Only thou shalt not eat the

Poor (1), Zep.3.12.

p.p.v.8. Le.25.35, Alms.

Ge.14.13, Hebrews.

Ge.37.28, Traffic in Men.

Le.25.10, Liberty (1).

Benevolence (1), Ne.8.10.

Winepress, Jud.6.11.
Ge.24.35, Temporal Bless-

[ings.

Ex.1.11, Bondage of Israel.

Ex.14.30, Deliverance (1).

in all that thou puttest thine blood thereof; thou shalt pour Ge.9.4, Blood Forbidden.
hand unto.
it upon the ground as water.

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: there

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fore I command thee, saying, The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, B.C.1451.

Thou shalt open thine hand
wide unto thy brother, to thy

13 of tabernacles. 18 Of judges,
and of justice. 21 Groves and im-
ages forbidden.

poor, and to thy needy, in thy OBSERVE the month of Abib,

and keep the passover unto Ex.12.11, Passover,

[2 Chr.30.15.

12 And if thy brother, an the LORD thy God: for in the
Hebrew man, or an Hebrew month of A'bib the LORD thy ch.8.2, Divine Leader.
woman, be sold unto thee, and God brought thee forth out of Ex.14.30, Deliverance (1).
serve thee six years; then in Egypt by night.

the seventh year thou shalt let 2 Thou shalt therefore sacri- Ge.46.1, Sacrifices (1).
him go free from thee.
fice the passover unto the LORD
13 And when thou sendest thy God, of the flock and the
him out free from thee, thou herd, in the place which the Ge.18.7, Herds.
shalt not let him go away LORD shall choose to place his ch.12.5, Sacred Places,
[ch.17.8.
empty:
name there.
14 Thou shalt furnish him 3 Thou shalt eat no leav- Ge.19.3, Unleavened Bread.
liberally out of thy flock, and ened bread with it; seven days Ge.2.3, Seven Days.
out of thy floor, and out of thy shalt thou eat unleavened bread
winepress: of that wherewith therewith, even the bread of af-

the LORD thy God hath blessed fliction; for thou camest forth

thee thou shalt give unto him. out of the land of Egypt in p.p.Ex.12.33.
15 And thou shalt remember haste: that thou mayest re-
that thou wast a bondman in member the day when thou
the land of Egypt, and the camest forth out of the land of
LORD thy God redeemed thee: Egypt all the days of thy life.
therefore command thee this 4 And there shall be no leav- Ex.12.15, Leaven, Mt.13.33.
thing to day.
ened bread seen with thee in

16 And it shall be, if he say all thy coast seven days; nei- p.p.Ex.12.10.
unto thee, I will not go away ther shall there any thing of
Ex.21.5, Faithful Servants. from thee; because he loveth the flesh, which thou sacrific-
thee and thine house, because edst the first day at even, re-
he is well with thee;
main all night until the morn-

17 Then thou shalt take an ing.

aul, and thrust it through his 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice

ear unto the door, and he shall the passover within any of thy Ex.12.11, Passover.

be thy servant for ever. And gates, which the LORD thy God

also unto thy maidservant thou giveth thee:

shalt do likewise.

6 But at the place which the ch.12.5, Sacred Places.

18 It shall not seem hard unto LORD thy God shall choose to thee, when thou sendest him place his name in, there thou away free from thee; for he shalt sacrifice the passover at p.p.Ex.12.6. hath been worth a double hired even, at the going down of the servant to thee, in serving thee sun, at the season that thou six years: and the LORD thy camest forth out of Egypt. God shall bless thee in all that 7 And thou shalt roast and eat thou doest. it in the place which the LORD Ex.13.2, First-born. 19 ¶All the firstling males that thy God shall choose: and thou Nu.3.13, God's Claims First. come of thy herd and of thy shalt turn in the morning, and flock thou shalt sanctify unto go unto thy tents.

Ex.23.25, Blessings (2).

Ex.29.11, Bullocks.
Ge.4.4, Sheep.

the LORD thy God: thou shalt do 8 Six days thou shalt eat un- Ge.19.3, Unleavened Bread,
no work with the firstling of thy leavened bread: and on the
[1 S.28.24.
bullock, nor shear the firstling seventh day shall be a solemn
of thy sheep.

assembly to the LORD thy God:

The three Hebrew festivals.

Ex.23.12, Rest Enjoined.

Sickle, Je.50.16.

Ex.23.16, Feast of Pente

DEUTERONOMY, 17

Idolaters must be slain,

thou shalt do no work therein. wise, and pervert the words of Ex.23.8, Bribery (1).
9 Seven weeks shalt thou the righteous.

number unto thee: begin to 20 That which is altogether

number the seven weeks from just shalt thou follow, that thou Justice Enjoined, Ps.82.3. such time as thou beginnest mayest live, and inherit the ch.32.47, Life (4).

to put the sickle to the corn. land which the LORD thy God Ge.12.7, Promised Land. 10 And thou shalt keep the giveth thee.

feast of weeks unto the LORD 21 Thou shalt not plant thee

[cost, Ac.2.1. thy God with a tribute of aa grove of any trees near unto ch.12.2, Groves, Jud.6.25. Nu.15.3, Freewill-offerings, freewill offering of thine hand, the altar of the LORD thy God, Le.19.23, Trees (1), ch.20.19. [ch.23.23. which thou shalt give unto the which thou shalt make thee. LORD thy God, according as 22 Neither shalt thou set thee

v.17, Giving (2).

Le.14.30, Give ac. to Ability. the LORD thy God hath blessed up any image; which the LORD Ge.35.2, Idolatry (1),Ps.81.9. thy God hateth. thee:

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Things sacrificed must be sound. 2 B.C.1451.

11 And thou shalt rejoice bech.12.7, Rejoicing (1), [Ps.5.11. fore the LORD thy God, thou, Ps.5.11. Ps. 22.27, Universal Worship. and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Le'vite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the father-HOU shalt not sacrifice un

Ex.32.26, Levites.

Ex.22.21, Strangers (1).

Ex.22.22, Widow and Fa

Ge.2.3, Seven Days.
Ge.41.49, Grain.
Ne.10.39, New Wine.

8 The
Idolaters must be slain.
priests and judges to determine
controversies. 14 The election and

duty of a king.

Ex.12.5, Unblemished.

[ers.

[therless (1). among you, in the place which bullock, or sheep, wherein is Ex.29.11, Bullocks. the LORD thy God hath chosen blemish, or any evilfavoured- Ge.4.4. Sheep. ness; for that is an abomina- ch.7.25, Abominations. to place his name there. 12 And thou shalt remember tion unto the LORD thy God. Ex.1.11, Bondage of Israel. that thou wast a bondman in 2 ¶ If there be found among Egypt: and thou shalt observe you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God givEx.15.26, Statutes, 1 K.3.14. and do these statutes. Le.23.34, Feast of Taberna- 13 ¶ Thou shalt observe the eth thee, man or woman, that [cles, 2 Chr.8.13. feast of tabernacles seven days, hath wrought wickedness in the Le.26.15, Covenant-breakafter that thou hast gathered sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, in thy corn and thy wine: 14 And thou shalt rejoice in 3 And hath gone and served Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4). thy feast, thou, and thy son, other gods, and worshipped Ex.32.1, Apostates. and thy daughter, and thy man- them, either the sun, or moon, Ge.1.16, Sun, Jos. 10.12. servant, and thy maidservant, or any of the host of heaven, Ge.1.16, Moon. and the Le'vite, the stranger, which I have not commanded; ch.4.19, Worship (3), and the fatherless, and the wid- 4 And it be told thee, and thou ow, that are within thy gates. hast heard of it, and enquired 15 Seven days shalt thou keep diligently, and, behold, it be a solemn feast unto the LORD true, and the thing certain, that thy God in the place which the such abomination is wrought in LORD shall choose: because the Is'ra-el:

p.p.Ne.8.9.

Ex.23.25, Blessings (2).
Ge.26.12, Increase, Ps.67.6.

ch.12.7, Rejoicing (1).

ch.12.5, Attendance upon
[the Sanctuary, Ps.84.4.

LORD thy God shall bless thee 5 Then shalt thou bring forth
in all thine increase, and in all that man or that woman, which
the works of thine hands, there- have committed that wicked
fore thou shalt surely rejoice. thing, unto thy gates, even that Gates (2), Je.20.2.
16 Three times in a year man or that woman, and shalt

[2 K.17.16.

shall all thy males appear be- stone them with stones, till they Ex.19.13, Stoning (1). fore the LORD thy God in the die.

place which he shall choose; in 6 At the mouth of two wit

[ch.22.24.

[ch.19.15.

Le.23.6, Feast of Passover. the feast of unleavened bread, nesses, or three witnesses, shall Nu.35.30, Witnesses,
Ex.23.16,Feast of Pentecost. and in the feast of weeks, and he that is worthy of death be
Le.23.34, Feast of Taberna- in the feast of tabernacles: and put to death; but at the mouth
[cles. they shall not appear before the of one witness he shall not be

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17 Every man shall give as he 7 The hands of the witnesses p.p.ch.13.9; Ac.7.58. Giving (2), Mt.5.42. Le.14.30, Give ac. to Ability, is able, according to the bless- shall be first upon him to put [Ezr.2.69. ing of the LORD thy God which him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou See Temporal Blessings, he hath given thee.

[Ge.24.35.

[ch.19.19. 18 ¶Judges and officers shalt shalt put the evil away from ch.13.5, Evil Put Away, Ex.18.13, Judges, ch.25.1. Ge.23.10, Gates (1), ch.21.19. thou make thee in all thy gates, among you.

p.p.v.20.

Injustice (2), ch.24.17.
Le.19.15, Partiality For-
[bidden.
Nu.22.7, Earthly Reward,

which the LORD thy God giveth 8 If there arise a matter too

thee, throughout thy tribes: hard for thee in judgment, be- p.p.2 Chr.19.10.
and they shall judge the people tween blood and blood, between p.p.ch.19.17.
with just judgment.

plea and plea, and between

19 Thou shalt not wrest judg-stroke and stroke, being mat-
ment; thou shalt not respect ters of controversy within thy

persons, neither take a gift: for gates: then shalt thou arise, ch.12.5, Sacred Places, [1 K.13.7. a gift doth blind the eyes of the and get thee up into the place

(Jos.9.27.

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