THE TORAH
Deuteronomy
DEVARIM
Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Torah
It contains Moses’ farewell speeches to the Israelites. Restating the laws of the Torah, the history of the Israelites, and the covenant between G-d and Israel.
The important emphasis on following God’s commandments, the love of G-d for Israel, and the blessings and curses that will come upon Israel depending on their obedience or disobedience.
Chapter 17
Deuteronomy Chapter 17 Covers Offerings from the Get Go Leading to Idol Worship
Having Another G-d Aside From The G-d Of The Hebrews Is Called “Idol Worship”
Each and every time G-d reveals Himself to His servants the prophets, He declares that He is One. He is Alone. And there is none equal, beside, before or after Him.
*Now the question is, where does Jesus fit in?
“Death Penalty for an Idol Worshiper”
“A King in Israel”
You shall not slaughter for Hashem, your God, an ox or a lamb or a kid in which there will be a blemish, any bad thing, because that is an abomination of Hashem, your God.
17:1
If there will be found among you in one of your cities, which Hashem, your God, gives you, a man or woman who commits what is evil in the eyes of Hashem, your God, to violate His covenant,
17:2
and he will go and serve gods of others and prostrate himself to them, or to the sun or to the moon or to any host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
17:3
then you shall remove that man or that woman who did this evil thing, to your cities – the man or the woman – and you shall pelt them with stones, so that they will die.
:5
By the testimony of two witnesses or three witnesses shall the condemned person be put to death, he shall not be put to death by the testimony of a single witness.
:6
You shall come to the Kohanim, the Levites, and to the judge who will be in those days, you shall inquire and they will tell you the word of judgment.
:9
You shall do according to the word that they will tell you, from that place that Hashem will choose, and you shall be careful to do according to everything that they will teach you.
:10
According to the teaching that they will teach you and according to the judgment that they will say to you, shall you do; you shall not deviate from the word that they will tell you, right or left.
:11
And the man who will act with willfulness, not listening to the Kohen who stands there to serve Hashem, your God, or to the judge, that man shall die, and you shall destroy the evil from among Israel.
:12
When you come to the Land that Hashem, your God, give you, and possess it, and settle in it, and you will say, “I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are around me.”
:14
You shall surely set over yourself a king whom Hashem, your God, shall choose; from among your brethren shall you set a king over yourself; you cannot place over yourself a foreign man, who is not your brother.
:15
Only he shall not have too many horses for himself, so that he will not return the people to Egypt in order to increase horses, for Hashem has said to you, “You shall no longer return on this road again.”
:16
And he shall not have too many wives, so that his heart not turn astray; and he shall not greatly increase silver and gold for himself.
:17
It shall be that when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself two copies of this Torah in a book, from before the Kohanim, the Levites.
:18
It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, so that he will learn to fear Hashem, his God, to observe all the words of this Torah and these decrees, to perform them.
:19
so that his heart does not become haughty over his brethren and not turn from the commandment right or left, so that he will prolong years over his kingdom, he and his sons amid Israel.
:20
1 You shall not sacrifice to the Lord, your God, an ox or a sheep that has in it a blemish or any bad thing, for that is an abomination to the Lord, your God.
2 If there will be found among you, within one of your cities which the Lord, your God is giving you, a man or woman who does evil in the eyes of the Lord, your God, to transgress His covenant,
3 and who will go and worship other gods and prostrate himself before them, or to the sun, the moon, or any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded;
4 and it will be told to you, and you will hear it, and investigate thoroughly, and behold, the matter coincides; this abomination has been perpetrated in Israel.
5 Then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has committed this evil thing, to your cities, the man or the woman, and you shall pelt them with stones, and they shall die.
6 By the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall the one liable to death be put to death; he shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness.
7 The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people, and you shall abolish evil from among you.
8 If a matter eludes you in judgment, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, or between lesion and lesion, words of dispute in your cities, then you shall rise and go up to the place the Lord, your God, chooses.
9 And you shall come to the Levitic kohanim and to the judge who will be in those days, and you shall inquire, and they will tell you the words of judgment.
10 And you shall do according to the word they tell you, from the place the Lord will choose, and you shall observe to do according to all they instruct you.
11 According to the law they instruct you and according to the judgment they say to you, you shall do; you shall not divert from the word they tell you, either right or left.
12 And the man who acts intentionally, not obeying the kohen who stands there to serve the Lord, your God, or to the judge that man shall die, and you shall abolish evil from Israel.
13 And all the people shall listen and fear, and they shall no longer act wantonly.
14 When you come to the land the Lord, your God, is giving you, and you possess it and live therein, and you say, “I will set a king over myself, like all the nations around me,”
15 you shall set a king over you, one whom the Lord, your God, chooses; from among your brothers, you shall set a king over yourself; you shall not appoint a foreigner over yourself, one who is not your brother.
16 Only, he may not acquire many horses for himself, so that he will not bring the people back to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, for the Lord said to you, “You shall not return that way any more.”
17 And he shall not take many wives for himself, and his heart must not turn away, and he shall not acquire much silver and gold for himself.
18 And it will be, when he sits upon his royal throne, that he shall write for himself two copies of this Torah on a scroll from [that Torah which is] before the Levitic kohanim.
19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord, his God, to keep all the words of this Torah and these statutes, to perform them,
20 so that his heart will not be haughty over his brothers, and so that he will not turn away from the commandment, either to the right or to the left, in order that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he and his sons, among Israel.
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The book of Deuteronomy, also known as Devarim in Hebrew (“Words”), is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament. It contains a series of speeches by Moses to the Israelites, just before they are about to enter the promised land, which summarize and expand upon many of the laws and commandments given in the earlier books of the Torah. The word Deuteronomy literally means “second law,” indicating that Moses is rehearsing the law with the Israelites before they enter the land.
The book is often seen as a sort of farewell address by Moses, containing some of his final instructions and blessings to the people he has led for many years. It emphasizes the importance of following G-d’s commandments and remaining faithful to Him, while warning against the dangers of disobedience and idolatry. Overall, Deuteronomy serves as a significant text in the history of Judaism and Christianity, containing many of the foundational beliefs and values of these religions.
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