Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh?

for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself – you must not eat the life with the meat!

and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before).

However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

However, if the servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.

You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.

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.

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

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.

The Levitical priests – indeed, the entire tribe of Levi – will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the Lord and of his inheritance.

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.