Quotes about Obedience
You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
— Deuteronomy 16:5
You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
— Deuteronomy 16:6
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
— Deuteronomy 16:12
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
— Deuteronomy 16:16
Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
— Deuteronomy 16:20
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
— Deuteronomy 16:21
You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
— Deuteronomy 17:10
according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
— Deuteronomy 17:11
But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
— Deuteronomy 17:12
Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
— Deuteronomy 17:13
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
— Deuteronomy 17:16
When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
— Deuteronomy 17:18