1. “You are not to sacrifice to Adonai your God a bull or a sheep that has a defect or anything bad—for that would be an abomination to Adonai your God.
2. Suppose there is found in your midst—within one of your gates that Adonai your God is giving you—a man or woman who does what is evil in the eyes of Adonai your God by transgressing His covenant.
3. This person goes and serves other gods and worships them—the sun or moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded.
4. It is told to you and you have heard about it, and you investigate thoroughly and indeed it is true and the thing certain—this abomination has been done in Israel.
5. Then you are to bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and stone that man or woman with stones to death.
6. By the word of two or three witnesses, the one who is to die is to be put to death. No one is to be put to death by the word of one witness.
7. The hand of the witnesses is to be first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.
8. “Suppose a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—over bloodshed, legal claims or assault—matters of controversy within your gates. Then you should go up to the place Adonai your God chooses,