Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend ¹  him whatever he needs. ² 

The Lord your God will deliver it over to you ¹  and you must kill every single male by the sword.

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you. ¹ 

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself ¹  – you must not eat the life with the meat!

You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you, ¹ 

you must by all means ¹  slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate ²  with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.

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.

You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges ¹  who will be in office in those days.

Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the Lord your God as a freewill offering.

This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; ¹  he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, ²  for it is to be recognized as “the Lord’s cancellation of debts.”

You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments ¹  at all times.

You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole ¹  near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.

you must set apart for yourselves three cities ¹  in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent ¹  from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge ¹  evil from among you.

your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse. ¹ 

Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him ¹  empty-handed.

You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.