Deuteronomy 17

Deuteronomy includes an outline of a constitution for Israel if they ever have or think they have a need for a king. Any constitution for a government that would exercise authority one over the other would have to include **all 5 factors** to truly **be biblical**.

Evil favoured

Comments
The term "evilfavouredness" is from two separate Hebrew words ra (רַע‎)^[1] and dabar (דָבָר)‎^[2] we do not se the term any where else but the combination of ra dabar (רַע‎ דָבָר) is found in verse 5 as "that wicked^[1] thing‎^[2]". We see virtually the same words translated in other parts of Deuteronomy^[3] Similar precepts are expressed throughout the biblical texts with the same words in Exodus^[4], Joshua^[5], 1 Samuel 2, ^[6]. There is a story in 2 Kings 4 where the terms are used to describe meat in a "pot" having "no harm".^[7] There was no harm because what was put in by the means and manner of Elisha was filled not like the previous pot representing the metaphor of the cauldron which would also be the flesh pots and cities of blood.
Serving other gods was serving other "ruling judges". Read more about gods.
The word wickedness in verse 2 is ReishAyin while the word for city is AyinReish.
The government of God was not top down but there were ways of dealing with crimes and a system of appeals courts called the "cities of refuge" run by men who held offices of service through charity rather than power.
While the Levites belong to God^[8] and had no inheritance in the land but owned all things common they were recognized by the people who gathered and tithe in free assemblies in patterns of tens.
Eventually that pattern recognized in that pattern of tens a priesthood supported by the tithe of the people in each of the tribes.
This allowed the Levites to operate the Cities of refuge providing the weightier matters through a network of charitable offices rather than offices that exercise authority.
Deuteronomy 17 Verses 14 through 20 are clear instructions for what must be in a constitution for it to be biblical and that is covered in Not my constitution.
To find out about these warnings: not set a stranger over thee he shall not multiply horses to himself cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses, Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. priest read therein all the days of his life If you do not know what that means go read The Constitutions Part IV with Covenants Series Audio Part IV download or play
See also The Governments of God and other gods and Romans 13.

1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness^[1]^[2]: for that is an abomination^[9] unto the LORD thy God.

2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness^[1] in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

Serving other gods

3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

until dead to you

5 "Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked <(הָרָ֤ע hara)07451>^[1] thing <(הַדָּבָ֨ר hadaḇar)01697>‎^[2], unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. <(יוּמָ֑ת)04191>."

Establish by witnesses

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death<(יוּמָ֑ת)04191>; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death<(יוּמָ֑ת)04191>.

Putting evil away

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil^[1] away from among you.

Appeal for judgement

8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Presumptuous of judgement

12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil^[1] from Israel.

13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

Setting a king

14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

No stranger

15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

Army and Egypt

16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt^[10], to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Treaties and treasuries

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

write the terms

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

Read it daily

19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

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07451 ^ער^ ra‘ ReishAyin \@rah\@ or fem. ^הער^ ra‘ah from 07489 the verb 07490 (Aramic)ReishAyinAyin evil (to crush); AV-evil 442, wickedness 59, wicked 25, mischief 21, hurt 20, bad 13, trouble 10, sore 9, affliction 6, ill 5, adversity 4, favoured 3, harm 3, naught 3, noisome 2, grievous 2, sad 2, misc 34; 663
adj

1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant

1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)

1c) evil, displeasing

1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)

1e) bad (of value)

1f) worse than, worst (comparison)

1g) sad, unhappy

1h) evil (hurtful)

1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)

1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts

1j2) deeds, actions

n m

2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity

2b) evil, injury, wrong

2c) evil (ethical)

n f

3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress

3b) evil, injury, wrong

3c) evil (ethical)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3
01697 ^רבד^ DaletBeitReish dabar \@daw-baw’\@ DaletBeitReish from 01696 meaning speak as in declare a pattern; The same letters may represent a pasture (01699) n m; AV-word 807, thing 231, matter 63, acts 51, chronicles 38, saying 25, commandment 20, misc 204; 1439
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech

1b) saying, utterance

1c) word, words

1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
↑ Deuteronomy 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any <01697> such wickedness <07451> as this is among you.
Deuteronomy 17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness <07451> <01697>: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 17:5 "Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked <(הָרָ֤ע hara)07451> thing <(הַדָּבָ֨ר hadaḇar)01697>, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die."

Deuteronomy 19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any <01697> such evil <07451> among you.

Deuteronomy 22:14 And give occasions of speech <01697> against her, and bring up an evil <07451> name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: ... 22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because <01697> she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because <01697> he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil <07451> from among you.
↑ Exodus 33:4 And when the people heard these evil <07451> tidings <01697>, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
↑ Joshua 23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, [that] as all good things <01697> are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil <07451> things <01697>, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
↑ 1 Samuel 2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things <01697>? for I hear of your evil <07451> dealings <01697> by all this people.
↑ 2 Kings 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast [it] into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm <01697> <07451> in the pot.
↑ Numbers 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Numbers 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

Numbers 8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
↑ 08441 ^הבעות^ tow‘ebah \@to-ay-baw’\@ or ^הבעת^ to‘ebah \@to-ay-baw’\@ act part of 08581; n f; {See TWOT on 2530 @@ "2530a"} AV-abomination 113, abominable thing 2, abominable 2; 117
1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable
1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)

1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)
↑ Bondage of Egypt
Deuteronomy 6:12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 17:16 "But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."

1 Samuel 8:11 "And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take ...take...take...take...take...take...take... 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day."

2 Kings 17:23 "Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day."

Jeremiah 42:13 "But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die..."

Acts 7:38 "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us :39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,"

Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

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[ra-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 07451 ^ער^ ra‘ ReishAyin \@rah\@ or fem. ^הער^ ra‘ah from 07489 the verb 07490 (Aramic)ReishAyinAyin evil (to crush); AV-evil 442, wickedness 59, wicked 25, mischief 21, hurt 20, bad 13, trouble 10, sore 9, affliction 6, ill 5, adversity 4, favoured 3, harm 3, naught 3, noisome 2, grievous 2, sad 2, misc 34; 663
adj

1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant

1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)

1c) evil, displeasing

1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)

1e) bad (of value)

1f) worse than, worst (comparison)

1g) sad, unhappy

1h) evil (hurtful)

1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)

1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts

1j2) deeds, actions

n m

2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity

2b) evil, injury, wrong

2c) evil (ethical)

n f

3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress

3b) evil, injury, wrong

3c) evil (ethical)

ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

[2] ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

[3] ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

[dabar-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 01697 ^רבד^ DaletBeitReish dabar \@daw-baw’\@ DaletBeitReish from 01696 meaning speak as in declare a pattern; The same letters may represent a pasture (01699) n m; AV-word 807, thing 231, matter 63, acts 51, chronicles 38, saying 25, commandment 20, misc 204; 1439
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech

1b) saying, utterance

1c) word, words

1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)

ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)

ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

[5] ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)

[6] ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)

[7] ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

[3] Deuteronomy 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any <01697> such wickedness <07451> as this is among you.
Deuteronomy 17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness <07451> <01697>: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 17:5 "Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked <(הָרָ֤ע hara)07451> thing <(הַדָּבָ֨ר hadaḇar)01697>, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die."

Deuteronomy 19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any <01697> such evil <07451> among you.

Deuteronomy 22:14 And give occasions of speech <01697> against her, and bring up an evil <07451> name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: ... 22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because <01697> she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because <01697> he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil <07451> from among you.

[4] Exodus 33:4 And when the people heard these evil <07451> tidings <01697>, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

[5] Joshua 23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, [that] as all good things <01697> are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil <07451> things <01697>, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

[6] 1 Samuel 2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things <01697>? for I hear of your evil <07451> dealings <01697> by all this people.

[7] 2 Kings 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast [it] into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm <01697> <07451> in the pot.

[8] Numbers 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Numbers 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

Numbers 8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

[towebah-9] 08441 ^הבעות^ tow‘ebah \@to-ay-baw’\@ or ^הבעת^ to‘ebah \@to-ay-baw’\@ act part of 08581; n f; {See TWOT on 2530 @@ "2530a"} AV-abomination 113, abominable thing 2, abominable 2; 117
1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable
1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)

1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)

[Bondageq'-10] Bondage of Egypt
Deuteronomy 6:12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 17:16 "But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."

1 Samuel 8:11 "And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take ...take...take...take...take...take...take... 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day."

2 Kings 17:23 "Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day."

Jeremiah 42:13 "But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die..."

Acts 7:38 "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us :39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,"

Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

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Deuteronomy 17

Contents

Evil favoured

Serving other gods

until dead to you

Establish by witnesses

Putting evil away

Appeal for judgement

Presumptuous of judgement

Setting a king

No stranger

Army and Egypt

Treaties and treasuries

write the terms

Read it daily

Footnotes

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Deuteronomy 17

Evil favoured

Serving other gods

until dead to you

Establish by witnesses

Putting evil away

Appeal for judgement

Presumptuous of judgement

Setting a king

No stranger

Army and Egypt

Treaties and treasuries

write the terms

Read it daily

Footnotes

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