A   Ivdges ∧ officers shalt thou ordeyne within all þi; gates, which þe; LORDE thy God geueth the am&obar;ge thy trybes, þt; they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment. Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For ^note giftes blynde the eyes of þe; wyse, ∧ peruerte þe; righteous causes. Loke what righte is, þt; shalt thou folowe, that thou mayest lyue ∧ possesse the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

Thou shalt plante no groue (of what so euer trees it be) nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God, which thou makest the. Thou shalt set the vp no piler, which þe; LORDE þi; God hateth. ^noteThou shalt offre vnto the LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe, that hath a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it: for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God.

B    ^noteYf there be founde amonge you (within eny of thy gates which the LORDE þi; God shal geue þe;) a man or woman, that worketh wickednesse in þe; sighte of the LORDE thy God, so that he transgresseth his couena&ubar;te and goeth, and serueth other goddes, ∧ worshippeth them, ^note whether it be S&obar;ne or Mone, or eny of the hooste of heauen, which I haue not commaunded, and it is tolde the, ∧ thou hearest of it, ^note Then shalt thou make diligent search therfore. And yf thou fyndest that it is so of a trueth, that soch abhominacion is wroughte in Israel, then shalt thou brynge forth the same man or þe; same wom&abar; (which haue done soch euell) vnto thy gates and shalt stone them to death. ^noteAt the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he dye, that is worthy of death. At the mouth of one witnes shal he not dye. The handes of the witnesses shal be the first to kyll him, and th&ebar; þe; handes of all the people, that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the.

C   Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgm&ebar;t betwixte bloude and bloude, betwixte plee and plee, betwixte stroke and stroke, and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates ^note then shalt thou ryse, and go vp vnto þe; place that þe; LORDE thy God hath chosen: and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites, ∧ to the iudge which shalbe at that tyme, and shalt axe. ^noteThey shal shewe the how to iudge, and thou shalt do therafter, as they saye vnto the, in þe; place which the LORDE hath chosen: and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all þt; they teach the. Acordinge to the lawe þt; they teach the, ∧ after the iudgment that they tell þe;, shalt thou do ^note so that thou turne not asyde from þe; same, nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte.

And yf eny man deale presumptuously, so that he herkeneth not vnto the prest (which stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy God) or to the Iudge, the same shal dye: and thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel, that all þe; people maye heare, and feare, and be nomore presumptuous.

Whan thou art come in to þe; londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the, ∧ takest it in possession, and dwellest therin, and shalt saie: ^note I wil set a kinge ouer me, as all the nacions haue aboute me, th&ebar; shalt thou set him to be kynge ouer the, whom the LORDE thy God shal chose.

D   One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a stra&ubar;ger ouer the, which is not thy brother. Onely let him not haue many horses, þt; he brynge not þe; people againe in to Egipte thorow þe; multitude of horses, ^note for as moch as þe; LORDE hath sayde vnto you, that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne.

He shall not haue many wyues also, that his hert be not turned awaye. ^noteNether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch.

And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome, he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe, and cause it be wrytten in a boke, and that shall he haue by him, ^note and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life, that he maye lerne to feare þe; LORDE his God, to kepe all the wordes of this lawe, all these ordina&ubar;ces, so that he do therafter. He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren, and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement, nether to the right h&abar;de ner to the lefte, that he maye prol&obar;ge his dayes in his kyngdome, he and his children in Israel.

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