Deuteronomy 17:1-6

EasyEnglish Bible

Animals for sacrifice

17 When you offer an animal as a sacrifice to the Lord your God, it must be perfect. Do not bring any sheep or bull that has something wrong with it. The Lord hates any gift like that.

Justice

² The Lord your God will give you towns to live in. You may hear that a man or a woman who lives in one of your towns has done a bad thing. He has done a sin that is against the covenant of the Lord your God. ³ He may have started to worship false gods that I have commanded you not to worship. Perhaps he worships the sun, the moon or the stars. ⁴ If you hear news like that, you must check the report carefully. If it is true that a wicked thing like that has happened in Israel, ⁵ you must punish that person. Take the man or woman who has done that wicked thing to the gate of the town. Then you must throw stones at that person to kill them. ⁶ But two or three people must agree about what the person has done. You must never kill anyone because of the words of only one person.