<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;The Levites will call out to every Israelite<n id="1" /> with a loud voice:

<t /><p class="bodytext">This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

you must bring to your city gates<n id="1" /> that man or woman who has done this wicked thing &#8211; that very man or woman &#8211; and you must stone that person to death.<n id="2" />

The person who pays no attention<n id="1" /> to the priest currently serving the <sc>Lordsc> your God there, or to the verdict &#8211; that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Who among you<n id="2" /> has built a new house and not dedicated<n id="3" /> it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else<n id="4" /> dedicate it.

<p class="bodytext">If a man is caught having sexual relations with<n id="1" /> a married woman<n id="2" /> both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge<n id="3" /> evil from Israel.p>

If the second husband rejects<n id="1" /> her and then divorces her,<n id="2" /> gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,

I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they<n id="1" /> should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens<n id="2" /> and judge fairly,<n id="3" /> whether between one citizen and another<n id="4" /> or a citizen and a resident foreigner.<n id="5" />

He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory.<n id="1" /> Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.

some evil people<n id="1" /> have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities,<n id="2" /> saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go and serve other gods&#8221; (whom you have not known before).<n id="3" />

I will personally hold responsible<n id="1" /> anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet<n id="2" /> speaks in my name.p>

However, suppose a person hates someone else<n id="1" /> and stalks him, attacks him, kills him,<n id="2" /> and then flees to one of these cities.

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the <sc>Lordsc>, that is, before the priests and judges<n id="1" /> who will be in office in those days.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other,<n id="1" /> and they both<n id="2" /> bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.

<p class="bodytext">If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,<n id="1" />

Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out<n id="1" /> wickedness from among you, and all Israel<n id="2" /> will hear about it and be afraid.p>

<p class="bodytext">If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites,<n id="1" /> and regards him as mere property<n id="2" /> and sells him, that kidnapper<n id="3" /> must die. In this way you will purge<n id="4" /> evil from among you.p>

<p class="bodytext">Fathers must not be put to death for what their children<n id="1" /> do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.p>

&#8216;Cursed is the one<n id="1" /> who makes a carved or metal image &#8211; something abhorrent<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>, the work of the craftsman<n id="3" /> &#8211; and sets it up in a secret place.&#8217; Then all the people will say, &#8216;Amen!&#8217;<n id="4" />

You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape<n id="1" /> her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.