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The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness.
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The witnesses' hands are to be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from you.
Difficult Cases
8 "If a case is too difficult for you-concerning bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults-cases disputed at your gates, you must go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.
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You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Ask, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
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You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do exactly as they instruct you.
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You must abide by the instruction they give you and the verdict they announce to you. Do not turn to the right or the left from the decision they declare to you.
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The person who acts arrogantly, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there serving the Lord your God or to the judge, must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
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Then all the people will hear [about it], be afraid, and no longer behave arrogantly.
Appointing a King
14 "When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say, 'We want to appoint a king over us like all the nations around us,'
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you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people.
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However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, 'You are never to go back that way again.'