## Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy Chapter 17

###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:1
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לָא תִכְסוּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן תּוֹר וְאִימַר דִּיהֵי בֵיהּ מוּמָא אוֹ כָּל מִדַּעַם בִּישׁ דְּגָזִיל וְאָנִיס אֲרוּם מְרַחֵק קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן הוּא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
You shall not sacrifice before the. Lord your God a bullock or lamb which hath any blemish or evil in it, or which is torn or rent; for that is abominable before the Lord your God.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:2
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אֲרוּם יִשְׁתַּכַּח בֵּינֵיכוֹן בַּחֲדָא מִן קוּרְיֵיכוֹן דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן יָהֵיב לְכוֹן גְּבַר אוֹ אִיתָא דְּעָבַד דְּבִישׁ קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן לְמֵעִיבַר עַל קְיָימֵיהּ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
If there be found among you in one of your cities that the Lord your God will give you a man or woman who doth what is evil before the Lord your God in transgressing His covenant,


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:3
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וַאֲזַל בָּתַר יִצְרָא בִּישָׁא וּפְלַח לְטַעֲוַות עַמְמַיָא וּסְגִיד לְהוֹן וּלְשִׁמְשָׁא אוֹ לְסִיהֲרָא אוֹ לְכָל חֵילָא שְׁמַיָא דְלָא פַקֵּידִית

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
and, following after evil desire, shall serve the idols of the Gentiles, and worship them, or the sun, or the moon, or all the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded;


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:4
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וְאִתְחַוָא לְכוֹן וְתִשְׁמְעוּן וְתִיתְבְּעוּן יַת סַהֲדַיָא טַבְאוּת וְהָא קוּשְׁטָא כֵּיוַן פִּתְגָמָא אִתְעֲבִידַת תּוֹעֵבְתָּא הָדָא בֵּינֵיכוֹן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
and it be told you, and you hear and make inquiry by witnesses fairly; and, behold, if this word be true and certain, that such abomination is wrought among you,


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:5
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וְתִפְקוּן יַת גַּבְרָא הַהוּא אוֹ יַת אִנְתְּתָא הַהִיא דְּעָבְדוּ יַת פִּתְגָמָא בִּישָׁא הָדֵין לִתְרַע בֵּית דִּינֵיכוֹן יַת גַּבְרָא אוֹ יַת אִינְתְּתָא וּתְאַטְלוּנוּן בְּאַבְנַיָא וִימוּתוּן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
then you shall bring forth that man or woman who hath done this evil thing, unto the gate of your house of judgment, the man or the woman, and you shall stone them that they die.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:6
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עַל מֵימַר תְּרֵין סַהֲדִין אוֹ תְּלָתָא סַהֲדִין יִתְקְטֵיל דְּמִתְחַיֵּיב קָטוֹלָא לָא יִתְקְטֵיל עַל מֵימַר סָהִיד חָד

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
Upon the word of two witnesses or of three he shall die who is guilty of death; they shall not be put to death on the word of one witness.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:7
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יְדָא דְסַהֲדַיָא תְהֵי בֵיהּ בְּשֵׁירוּיָא לְמִקְטְלֵיהּ וִידָא דְכָל עַמָּא בְּבַתְרֵיתָא וּתְפַלּוּן עֲבִיד דְּבִישׁ מִבֵּינֵיכוֹן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterward the hands of all (any of) the people; and so shall you bring down the evil doer among you.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:8
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אֲרוּם יִתְפְּרֵשׁ מִנְכוֹן פִּתְגָמָא לְדִינָא בֵּינֵי אֲדַם סְאוֹב לַאֲדַם דְּכֵי וּבֵינֵי דִינָא נַפְשָׁתָא לְדִינָא מָמוֹנָא וּבֵינֵי מַכְתַּשׁ צוֹרְעָא לְמַכְתַּשׁ נִתְקָא מִלֵי פְּלוּגְתָּא בְּבֵית דִּינֵיכוֹן וּתְקוּמוּן וְתִסְקוּן לְאַתְרָא דְיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן בֵּיהּ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
If there be with you an extraordinary matter for judgment between unclean and clean blood, cases of life or of money, or between a plague of leprosy or of the scall, with words of controversy in your beth din, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God will choose;


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:9
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וְתֵיתוּן לְוַת כַּהֲנַיָא דְמִשֵּׁבֶט לֵוִי וּלְוַת דַּיָּינָא דִי יְהֵי בְיוֹמַיָא הָאִינוּן וְתִתְבְּעוּן מִנְהוֹן וִיחַוּוּן לְכוֹן יַת הִלְכַת דִּינָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
and you shall come to the priests of the tribe of Levi, and to the judge who will be in those days, and inquire of them, and they will show you the process of judgment.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:10
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וְתַעַבְדוּן עַל מֵימַר הִלְכַת אוֹרַיְיתָא דִיחַוּוּן לְכוֹן מִן אַתְרָא הַהוּא דְיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ וְתִטְרוּן לְמֶעֱבַד כְּכָל דְּיַלְפוּנְכוֹן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
Then shall you do according to the word of the custom of the law that they will show you at the place the Lord will choose, and observe to do whatsoever they teach you.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:11
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עַל מֵימַר אוֹרַיְיתָא דְיַלְפוּנְכוֹן וְעַל הִילְכַת דִּינָא דְיֵימְרוּן לְכוֹן תַּעַבְדוּן לָא תִסְטוּן מִן פִּתְגָמָא דִיחַוּוּן לְכוֹן יְמִינָא וּשְמָאלָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
According to the word of the law that they will teach you, and the manner of judgment they pronounce, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the sentence they will show you, to the right or to the left.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:12
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וְגַבְרָא דְיַעֲבֵיד בְּזָדְנוּתָא בְּדִיל דְּלָא לְמֵיצַת מִן כַּהֲנָא דְקָאִים לְשַׁמָּשָׁא תַּמָּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן אוֹ מִן דַּיָינָא וְיִתְקְטֵיל גַּבְרָא הַהוּא וּתְפַלּוּן עֲבִיד דְּבִישׁ מִיִּשְרָאֵל

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And the man who will act with presumption, and not obey the judge or the priest who standeth there to minister before the Lord your God, that man shall be put to death; so shalt you put down the doer of evil from Israel,


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:13
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וְכָל עַמָּא יִשְׁמְעוּן וִידַחֲלוּן וְלָא יַרְשִׁיעוּן תּוּב

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
and all the people will hear, and be afraid, and not do wickedly again.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:14
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אֲרוּם תֵּיעָלוּן לְאַרְעָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן יָהֵיב לְכוֹן וְתֵרְתוּן יָתָהּ וְתֵיתְבוּן בָּהּ וְתֵמְרוּן נְמַנֵי עֲלָן מַלְכָּא כְּכָל עַמְמַיָא דִבְחַזְרָנוּתָי

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
When you enter the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and possess, and dwell in it, and you say, Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations about me,


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:15
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תִּתְבְּעוּן אוּלְפַן מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וּמִבָּתַר כְּדֵין תִּמְנוּן עֲלֵיכוֹן מַלְכָּא לֵית לְכוֹן רְשׁוּ לְמַנָּאָה עֲלֵיכוֹן גְּבַר חִילוֹנַי דְלָא מִן אֲחוּכוֹן הוּא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
you shall inquire for instruction before the Lord and afterward appoint the king over you: but it will not be lawful to set over you a foreign man who is not of your brethren.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:16
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לְחוֹד לָא יִסְגוּן לֵיהּ עַל תְּרֵין סוּסְוָון דִּלְמָא יִרְכְּבוּן רַבְרְבָנוֹי עֲלֵיהוֹן וְיִתְגָאוּן וְיִתְבַּטְלוּן מִפִּתְגָמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא וִיחוֹבוּן חוֹבַת גָּלוּתָא לְמִצְרַיִם וַיְיָ אָמַר לְכוֹן לָא תוֹסְפוּן לְמֵתוּב בְּאָרְחָא הָדֵין תּוּב

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
Only let him not increase to him more than two horses, lest his princes ride upon them, and become proud, neglect the words of the law, and commit the sin of the captivity of Mizraim; for the Lord hath told you, By that way ye shall return no more.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:17
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וְלָא יִסְגוּן לֵיהּ נְשִׁין עַל תַּמְנַסְרֵי דְּלָא יִטְעוּן לִבֵּיהּ וְכַסְפָּא וְדַהֲבָא לָא יִסְגֵי לֵיהּ דְּלָא יִתְרוֹמָם לִבֵּיהּ לַחֲדָא וְיִמְרוֹד בֶּאֱלָהָא שְׁמַיָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
Neither shall he multiply to him wives above eighteen, lest they pervert his heart; nor shall he increase to him silver or gold, lest his heart be greatly lifted up, and he rebel against the God of heaven.


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:18
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וִיהֵי אִין נְיַיח הוּא בְּמִצְוָותָא דְאוֹרַיְיתָא יָתֵיב לְרוֹחֲצָן עַל כּוּרְסֵי מַלְכוּתֵיהּ וְיִכְתְּבוּן לֵיהּ סָבַיָא יַת פַּרְשָׁא אוֹרַיְיתָא הָדָא עַל סִפְרָא מִן קֳדָם כַּהֲנַיָא דְּמִן שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And it shall be that if he be steadfast in the commandments of the law he shall sit upon the throne of his kingdom in security. And let the elders write for him the section (pharasha) of this law in a book before the priests of the tribe of Levi;


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:19
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וּתְהֵי גַבֵּיהּ וִיהֵי קָרֵי בֵּיהּ כָּל יוֹמֵי חַייוֹי מִן בִּגְלַל דְּיַלִּיף לְמִדְחַל מִן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֵיהּ לְמִנְטַל יַת כָּל פִּתְגָמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא הָדָא וְיַת כָּל קְיָימַיָא הָאִלֵּין לְמֶעֱבַדְהוֹן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
and let it be at his side, and he shall read it 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 all these statutes to perform them:


###### Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 17:20
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מְטוּל דְּלָא יָגִיס לִבֵּיהּ יַתִּיר מִן אָחוֹי וּמְטוּל דְּלָא יִסְטֵי מִן תַּפְקֵידְתָּא לְיַמִינָא וְלִשְמָאלָא מִן בִּגְלַל דְּיִנְגוֹד יוֹמִין עַל מַלְכוּתֵיהּ הוּא וּבְנוֹי בֵּינֵי יִשְרָאֵל

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
that his heart may not be arrogant toward his brethren, nor decline from the precepts to the right or the left, and that his days may be prolonged over his kingdom, his and his sons among Israel.