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Deuteronomy 17:1-6 New English Translation (NET)

1. You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the Lord your God.

2. Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

3. by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.

4. When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

5. you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing – that very man or woman – and you must stone that person to death.

6. At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

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