- Deuteronomy 16:18
שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים תִּתֶּן־לְךָ בְּכׇל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ וְשָׁפְטוּ אֶת־הָעָם מִשְׁפַּט־צֶדֶק׃
You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that the ETERNAL your God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice.
Targum Onkelos
דַּיָּינִין וּפוּרְעָנִין תְּמַנֵּי לָךְ בְּכָל קִרְוָךְ דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ לְשִׁבְטָךְ וִידִינוּן יָת עַמָּא דִּין דִּקְשׁוֹט׃
Judges and police officers you shall appoint for yourself in all of your cities that Adonoy, your God, is giving you for your tribes; who will judge the people righteous justice [true judgment].
- Deuteronomy 16:19
לֹא־תַטֶּה מִשְׁפָּט לֹא תַכִּיר פָּנִים וְלֹא־תִקַּח שֹׁחַד כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר עֵינֵי חֲכָמִים וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִם׃
You shall not judge unfairly: you shall show no partiality; you shall not take bribes, for bribes blind the eyes of the discerning and upset the plea of the just.
Targum Onkelos
לָא תַצְלֵי דִּין לָא תִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע אַפִּין וְלָא תְקַבֵּיל שׁוּחְדָּא אֲרֵי שׁוּחְדָּא מְעַוַּר עֵינֵי חַכִּימִין וּמְקַלְקֵיל פִּתְגָמִין תְּרִיצִין׃
Do not pervert justice; do not display favoritism; and do not accept bribery, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts words that are just [perverts the words of justice].
- Deuteronomy 16:20
צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ׃
Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy the land that the ETERNAL your God is giving you.
Targum Onkelos
קוּשְׁטָא קוּשְׁטָא תִּרְדוֹף בְּדִיל דְּתֵיחֵי וְתֵירַת יָת אַרְעָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ׃
Pursue absolute justice so that you may live and inherit the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 16:21
לֹא־תִטַּע לְךָ אֲשֵׁרָה כׇּל־עֵץ אֵצֶל מִזְבַּח יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּךְ׃
You shall not set up a sacred post—any kind of pole beside the altar of the ETERNAL your God that you may make—
Targum Onkelos
לָא תִצּוּב לָךְ אֲשֵׁירַת כָּל אִילָן בִּסְטַר מַדְבְּחָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ דְּתַעֲבֵיד לָךְ׃
Do not plant an Asherah for yourself [or] any tree near the altar of Adonoy, your God, that you will make for yourself.
- Deuteronomy 16:22
וְלֹא־תָקִים לְךָ מַצֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵא יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
or erect a stone pillar; for such the ETERNAL your God detests.
Targum Onkelos
וְלָא תְקִים לָךְ קָמָא דְּרַחֵיק יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ׃
And do not erect for yourself a monument that Adonoy, your God, detests.
- Deuteronomy 17:1
לֹא־תִזְבַּח לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שׁוֹר וָשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בוֹ מוּם כֹּל דָּבָר רָע כִּי תוֹעֲבַת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא׃
You shall not sacrifice to the ETERNAL your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect of a serious kind, for that is abhorrent to the ETERNAL your God.
Targum Onkelos
לָא תִכּוֹס קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ תּוֹר וְאִמַּר דִּיהֵי בֵיהּ מוּמָא כֹּל מִדָּעַם בִּישׁ אֲרֵי מְרַחַק קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ הוּא׃
Do not sacrifice to [before] Adonoy, your God, an ox or a lamb that has a blemish, any bad thing; for it is abominated [distanced] by [before] Adonoy, your God.
- Deuteronomy 17:2
כִּי־יִמָּצֵא בְקִרְבְּךָ בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ אִישׁ אוֹ־אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה־אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַעֲבֹר בְּרִיתוֹ׃
If there is found among you, in one of the settlements that the ETERNAL your God is giving you, a man or woman who has affronted the ETERNAL your God and transgressed the covenant—
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי יִשְׁתְּכַח בֵּינָךְ בַּחֲדָא מִן קִרְוָךְ דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ גְּבַר אוֹ אִתָּא דְּיַעֲבֵיד יָת דְּבִישׁ קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְמִעְבַּר עַל קְיָמֵיהּ׃
If there is found among you, in one of your cities that Adonoy, your God, is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the eyes of Adonoy, your God, by violating His covenant.
- Deuteronomy 17:3
וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּעֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לָהֶם וְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ׀ אוֹ לַיָּרֵחַ אוֹ לְכׇל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־צִוִּיתִי׃
turning to the worship of other gods and bowing down to them, to the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, something I never commanded—
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲזַל וּפְלַח לְטָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא וּסְגֵיד לְהוֹן וּלְשִׁמְשָׁא אוֹ לְסֵיהֲרָא אוֹ לְכָל חֵילֵי שְׁמַיָּא דְּלָא פַקֵּידִית׃
He goes and serves other gods [idols of the nations] and bows to them—whether to the sun or to the moon or to any of the host of heaven that I did not command.
- Deuteronomy 17:4
וְהֻגַּד־לְךָ וְשָׁמָעְתָּ וְדָרַשְׁתָּ הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃
and you have been informed or have learned of it, then you shall make a thorough inquiry. If it is true, the fact is established, that abhorrent thing was perpetrated in Israel,
Targum Onkelos
וְיִתְחַוַּא לָךְ וְתִשְׁמַע וְתִתְבַּע יָאוּת וְהָא קוּשְׁטָא כֵּיוָן פִּתְגָמָא אִתְעֲבֵידַת תּוֹעֵיבְתָא הָדָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃
When you are told and you understand, you are to inquire thoroughly. If in fact the report is authenticated and accurate—this abomination was committed within Yisroel.
- Deuteronomy 17:5
וְהוֹצֵאתָ אֶת־הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אוֹ אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה הַהִוא אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה אֶל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֶת־הָאִישׁ אוֹ אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה וּסְקַלְתָּם בָּאֲבָנִים וָמֵתוּ׃
you shall take the man or the woman who did that wicked thing out to the public place, and you shall stone them, that man or woman, to death.—
Targum Onkelos
וְתַפֵּיק יָת גּוּבְרָא הַהוּא אוֹ יָת אִתְּתָא הַהִיא דַּעֲבַדוּ יָת פִּתְגָמָא בִּישָׁא הָדֵין לִתְרַע בֵּית דִּינָךְ יָת גּוּבְרָא אוֹ יָת אִתְּתָא וְתִרְגְּמִנּוּן בְּאַבְנַיָּא וִימוּתוּן׃
You are to take out that man or that woman who did this evil thing to your city [the door of your court]—the man or the woman—and you are to stone them with stones so that they die.
- Deuteronomy 17:6
עַל־פִּי ׀ שְׁנַיִם עֵדִים אוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה עֵדִים יוּמַת הַמֵּת לֹא יוּמַת עַל־פִּי עֵד אֶחָד׃
A person shall be put to death only on the testimony of two or more witnesses; no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness.—
Targum Onkelos
עַל מֵימַר תְּרֵין סָהֲדִין אוֹ תְּלָתָא סָהֲדִין יִתְקְטִיל דְּחַיָּיב קַטְלָא לָא יִתְקְטִיל עַל מֵימַר סָהִיד חַד׃
By the speech of two witnesses or three witnesses is the guilty one [the one sentenced to death] to be executed; he is not to be executed by the oral testimonoy of one witness.
- Deuteronomy 17:7
יַד הָעֵדִים תִּהְיֶה־בּוֹ בָרִאשֹׁנָה לַהֲמִיתוֹ וְיַד כׇּל־הָעָם בָּאַחֲרֹנָה וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ׃
Let the hands of the witnesses be the first to put [the condemned] to death, followed by the hands of the rest of the people. Thus you will sweep out evil from your midst.
Targum Onkelos
יְדָא דְּסָהֲדַיָּא תְּהֵי בֵיהּ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא לְמִקְטְלֵיהּ וִידָא דְּכָל עַמָּא בְּבָתְרֵיתָא וּתְפַלֵּי עָבֵיד דְּבִישׁ מִבֵּינָךְ׃
Let the hand of the witnesses be against him first to execute him, and the hand of the entire people afterward; and you will eliminate the evil [doer] from within you.
- Deuteronomy 17:8
כִּי יִפָּלֵא מִמְּךָ דָבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט בֵּין־דָּם ׀ לְדָם בֵּין־דִּין לְדִין וּבֵין נֶגַע לָנֶגַע דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ׃
If a case is too baffling for you to decide, be it a controversy over homicide, civil law, or assault—matters of dispute in your courts—you shall promptly repair to the place that the ETERNAL your God will have chosen,
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי יִתְפָּרַשׁ מִנָּךְ פִּתְגָמָא דְּדִינָא בֵּין דַּם לְדַם בֵּין דִּין לְדִין וּבֵין מַכְתָּשׁ סְגִירוּ לְמַכְתָּשׁ סְגִירוּ פִּתְגָמֵי פְלוֹגַּת דִּינָא בְּקִרְוָךְ וּתְקוּם וְתִסַּק לְאַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בֵּיהּ׃
If a matter of law is too abstruse for you—between blood and blood, between decision and decision, or between leprosy [a plague of confinement] and leprosy [a plague of confinement], matters under [legal] dispute in your city; you shall rise and ascend to the place that Adonoy, your God, will have chosen.
- Deuteronomy 17:9
וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וְאֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵט אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְהִגִּידוּ לְךָ אֵת דְּבַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט׃
and appear before the levitical priests, or the magistrate in charge at the time, and present your problem. When they have announced to you the verdict in the case,
Targum Onkelos
וְתֵיתֵי לְוָת כָּהֲנַיָּא לֵיוָאֵי וּלְוָת דַּיָּינָא דִּיהֵי בְּיוֹמַיָּא הָאִנּוּן וְתִתְבַּע וִיחַוּוֹן לָךְ יָת פִּתְגָמָא דְּדִינָא׃
You are to come before the kohanim-the Levites and the judge officiating during those days; you will inquire and they will tell you the legal decision.
- Deuteronomy 17:10
וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל־פִּי הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יַגִּידוּ לְךָ מִן־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה וְשָׁמַרְתָּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ׃
you shall carry out the verdict that is announced to you from that place that GOD chose, observing scrupulously all their instructions to you.
Targum Onkelos
וְתַעֲבֵיד עַל מֵימַר פִּתְגָמָא דִּיחַוּוֹן לָךְ מִן אַתְרָא הַהוּא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ וְתִטַּר לְמֶעֱבַד כְּכֹל דְּיַלְּפוּנָּךְ׃
You are to act according to the word that they tell you from that place that Adonoy will have chosen; and you are to be careful to fulfill exactly as they instruct you.
- Deuteronomy 17:11
עַל־פִּי הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְרוּ לְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה לֹא תָסוּר מִן־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־יַגִּידוּ לְךָ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל׃
You shall act in accordance with the instructions given you and the ruling handed down to you; you must not deviate from the verdict that they announce to you either to the right or to the left.
Targum Onkelos
עַל מֵימַר אוֹרָיְתָא דְּיַלְּפוּנָּךְ וְעַל דִּינָא דְּיֵימְרוּן לָךְ תַּעֲבֵיד לָא תִסְטֵי מִן פִּתְגָמָא דִּיחַוּוֹן לָךְ לְיַמִּינָא וְלִשְׂמָאלָא׃
In accord with the Torah that they instruct you and upon the law that they state to you, are you to act; do not deviate from the word they tell you, neither right or left.
- Deuteronomy 17:12
וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה בְזָדוֹן לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹעַ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן הָעֹמֵד לְשָׁרֶת שָׁם אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אוֹ אֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵט וּמֵת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׃
Should the [losing] party act presumptuously and disregard the priest charged with serving there the ETERNAL your God, or the magistrate, that person shall die. Thus you will sweep out evil from Israel:
Targum Onkelos
וְגוּבְרָא דְּיַעֲבֵיד בִּרְשַׁע בְּדִיל דְּלָא לְקַבָּלָא מִן כָּהֲנָא דְּקָאֵים לְשַׁמָּשָׁא תַּמָּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אוֹ מִן דַּיָּינָא וְיִתְקְטִיל גּוּבְרָא הַהוּא וּתְפַלֵּי עָבֵיד דְּבִישׁ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׃
But the man who acts deliberately to not heed the kohein who stands to serve there [before] Adonoy, your God, or the judge; that man is to be executed and you will eliminate the evil [doer] from Yisroel.
- Deuteronomy 17:13
וְכׇל־הָעָם יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּ וְלֹא יְזִידוּן עוֹד׃
all the people will hear and be afraid and will not act presumptuously again.
Targum Onkelos
וְכָל עַמָּא יִשְׁמְעוּן וְיִדְחֲלוּן וְלָא יַרְשְׁעוּן עוֹד׃
Let all the people hear and fear, and not sin deliberately again.