m Prov. 1. 10.

n ch. 17. 5. o ch. 17. 7. Acts 7.58,

8 Thou shalt m not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; "thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the † Heb. bond- house of bondage.

men.

p ch. 17. 13. & 19. 20.

q Josh. 22. 11,

1, 2.

11 And Pall Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

12 ¶ If thou shalt hear say in one &c. Judg. 20. of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Il Or, naughty

13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods, which ye r 1 John 2. 19. have not known;

25. 1 Kings

21. 10, 13.
2 Cor. 6. 15.

Jude 19.

8 2 Kings 17. 21.

t ver. 2, 6.

u Ex. 22. 20. Lev. 27. 28. Josh.6.17,21.

14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, "destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it 18. 17. 1. & 25. shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

x Josh. 6. 24.

y Josh. 8. 28. Is.

2. Jer. 49. 2.

z ch. 7. 26.

Josh. 6. 18.

a Josh. 6. 26.

17 And there shall cleave nought || Or, devoted. of the cursed thing to thine hand that the LORD may a turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

b Gen. 22. 17.

& 26. 4, 24. & 28. 14.

c ch. 12. 25, 28, 32.

b

18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

CHAPTER XIV.

God's children are not to disfigure themselves in their mourning. 3 What may, and what may not be eat

en, 4 of beasts, 9 of fishes, 11 and of fowls. 21 That which dieth of itself may not be eaten. 23 Tithes

and firstlings to be eaten before the Lord. 28 The third year's tithe of alms and charity.

5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, || Or, bison. and the chamois.

6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.

9 ¶ These ye shall eat, of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

11 ¶ Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 12 h But these are they of which yeh Lev. 11. 13. 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 kind, 15 And the owl, and the nighthawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,

16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

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.

Tithes and firstlings.

m ver. 2. n Ex. 23. 19. & 34. 26.

o Lev. 27. 30. ch. 12. 6, 17. Neh. 10. 37.

p ch. 12. 5,6, 7, 17, 18.

B. C. 1451. mayest sell it unto an alien: m for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 P And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy q ch. 15. 19, 20. wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee

r ch. 12. 21.

CHAPTER XV.

The seventh year a year of release for the poor. " This must be no let to lending or giving. 12 A Hebrew servant is to go forth free and well furnished in the seventh year, unless he choose not to depart. 19 All firstling males of the cattle are to be consecrated unto the Lord.

AT
At the end of every seven

T the end of a every seven years
thou shalt make a release.

2 And this is the manner of the release: Every † creditor that lendeth aught unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.

The year of release.

B. C. 1451.

b See ch.23.20.

3 b Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 4 Save when there shall be no poor Or, To the among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

d

end that there be no poor among you. c ch. 28. 8.

d ch. 28. 1.

5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. 6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou fch. 28. 13. shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

e ch. 28. 12, 44.

Prov. 22. 7.

7 ¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thoug 1 John 3. 17. shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Matt. 5. 42. Luke 6.34,35.

8 h But thou shalt open thine hand h Lev. 25. 35. wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

k

9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and 'it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and m thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that "for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Heb. word. Heb. Belial.

ich. 28. 54, 56.

Prov. 23. 6. & 28. 22. Matt. 20. 15. k ch.24. 15. 1 Matt. 25. 41, 42.

m 2 Cor. 9.5,7.

n ch. 14. 29. &

24. 19. Ps. 41. 1. Prov. 22.9.

o Matt. 26. 11. Mark 14. 7. John 12. 8.

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 ¶ And if thy brother, a Hebrew P Ex. 21. 2. man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty :

LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the 2 Chr. 19.5, 8. LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

a Ex. 23. 2, 6. Lev. 19. 15. b ch. 1. 17. Prov. 24. 23. c Ex. 23. 8. Prov. 17. 23. Ecc. 7. 7.

|| Or, matters. † Heb. Justice, justice.

d Ez. 18.5, 9.

e Ex. 34. 13. 1 Kings 14. 15. & 16. 33. 2 Kings 17. 16. &. 21.3. 2 Chr. 33. 3. f Lev. 26. 1.

|| Or, statue, or, pillar.

a ch. 15. 21.

14.

8,

19 a Thou shalt not wrest judgment; bthou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the Il words of the righteous.

20 +That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest d live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

21 TeThou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

f

22 ↑ Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

CHAPTER XVII.

Things sacrificed to be without blemish. 2 Idolaters

are to be slain. 8 Hard matters of controversy are to be determined by the priests and judges. 12 The contemner of their decision must die. 14 The election, 16 and duty of a king.

Mal. 1. 3, 13, THOU a 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.

Il Or, goat.

b ch. 13. 6.

c Josh. 7. 11, 15. & 23. 16. Judg. 2. 20. 2 Kings 18. 12. Hos. 8. 1. d ch. 4. 19. Job 31. 26.

b

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

e Jer. 7.22,23,manded;

31. & 19. 5. & 32. 35.

4 f And it be told thee, and thou f ch. 13. 12, 14. hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel;

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, 8 Lev.24.14,16. and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

ch. 13. 10.
Josh. 7. 25.

h Num. 35. 30. ch. 19. 15. Matt. 18. 16. John 8. 17.

2 Cor. 13. 1. 1 Tim. 5. 19. Heb. 10. 28. i ch. 13. 9. Acts 7. 58. k ver. 12. ch. 13. 5. & 19. 19.

12 Chr. 19. 10. Hag. 2. 11. Mal. 2. 7.

6 h 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.

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.

k

8 T1If there arise a matter too hard

9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and Punto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew theeq Ez. 44. 24. the sentence of judgment:

10 And 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 :

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 shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy y See 1 Sam. 9. 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. 16 But he shall not multiply a horses a1 Kings 4.26. to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he bls. 31. 1. should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that a ch. 28. 68. way.