11 According to the Law, which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, shalt [a]thou do: thou shalt not decline from the thing which they shalt show thee, neither to the right hand, nor the left.

12 And that man that will do presumptuously, not hearkening unto the Priest (that standeth before the Lord thy God to [b]minister there) or unto the Judge, that man shall die, and thou shalt take away evil from Israel.

13 So all the people shall hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:11 Thou shalt obey their sentence that the controversy may have an end.
  2. Deuteronomy 17:12 So long as he is the true minister of God, and pronounceth according to his word.

11 Act according to whatever they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.(A) 12 Anyone who shows contempt(B) for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering(C) there to the Lord your God is to be put to death.(D) You must purge the evil from Israel.(E) 13 All the people will hear and be afraid, and will not be contemptuous again.(F)

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