Deuteronomy 17
- 1You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God any ox or sheep that has any defect or anything seriously wrong with it. For that is something the Lord your God hates.
- 2If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you, man or woman, that has worked evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in breaking his covenant,
- 3And has 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.
- 4And it be told you, and you have heard of it, and asked carefully, and it be true, and the thing certain, that such disgusting thing is worked in Israel:
- 5Then you shall bring out that man or that woman, who have committed that wicked thing, to your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die.
- 6On the word of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is worthy of death be put to death. But on the word of one witness he shall not be put to death.
- 7The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
- 8If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then you shall arise, and go up into the place which the Lord your God shall choose.
- 9And you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and ask. They shall show you the sentence of judgment:
- 10And you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall show you. You shall observe to do according to all that they inform you:
- 11According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do: you shall not decline from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, or to the left.
- 12And the man that will do arrogantly, and will not listen to the priest that stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.
- 13And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more arrogantly.
- 14When you have come to the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall live in it, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me.
- 15You shall without fail set a king over you, the one the Lord your God shall choose: one from among your brothers and sisters shall you set king over you: you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
- 16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, or cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: since the Lord has said to you, You shall from now on return no more that way.
- 17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart does not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
- 18And it shall be, when he sits on 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:
- 19And it 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 these decrees, to do them:
- 20That his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and that he does not turn 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, among Israel.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 17 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
GIGAKJVYou shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God any ox or sheep that has any defect or anything seriously wrong with it. For that is something the Lord your God hates.
KJVIf 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,
GIGAKJVIf there is found among you, within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you, man or woman, that has worked evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in breaking his covenant,
KJVAnd 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;
GIGAKJVAnd has 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.
KJVAnd it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
GIGAKJVAnd it be told you, and you have heard of it, and asked carefully, and it be true, and the thing certain, that such disgusting thing is worked in Israel:
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen you shall bring out that man or that woman, who have committed that wicked thing, to your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die.
KJVAt 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.
GIGAKJVOn the word of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is worthy of death be put to death. But on the word of one witness he shall not be put to death.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
KJVIf 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;
GIGAKJVIf there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then you shall arise, and go up into the place which the Lord your God shall choose.
KJVAnd thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
GIGAKJVAnd you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and ask. They shall show you the sentence of judgment:
KJVAnd thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
GIGAKJVAnd you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall show you. You shall observe to do according to all that they inform you:
KJVAccording 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 shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
GIGAKJVAccording to the sentence of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do: you shall not decline from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, or to the left.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the man that will do arrogantly, and will not listen to the priest that stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.
KJVAnd all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
GIGAKJVAnd all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more arrogantly.
KJVWhen 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;
GIGAKJVWhen you have come to the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall live in it, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me.
KJVThou 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall without fail set a king over you, the one the Lord your God shall choose: one from among your brothers and sisters shall you set king over you: you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut he shall not multiply horses to himself, or cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: since the Lord has said to you, You shall from now on return no more that way.
KJVNeither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
GIGAKJVNeither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart does not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd it shall be, when he sits on 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:
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd it 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 these decrees, to do them:
KJVThat 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.
GIGAKJVThat his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and that he does not turn 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, among Israel.
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