11 (A)According to the [a]terms of the law which they teach you, and according to the verdict which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the word which they declare to you, to the right or the left. 12 The man who acts (B)presumptuously by not listening to the priest who stands there to serve the Lord your God, nor to the judge, that man shall die; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel. 13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will not act (C)presumptuously again.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:11 Lit mouth

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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