SHOFTIM: 97 Pesukim • 14 Obligations • 27 Prohibitions
1) Appoint judges and officers. 2) Do not plant trees in the courtyard of the Beis Hamikdash. 3) Do not create an altar from a single stone. 4) Do not sacrifice a blemished animal. 5-6) Heed the Beis Din Hagadol; do not disobey them. 7) Appoint a king. 8) Do not appoint a non-Jewish born king. 9) A king may not possess too many horses. 10) Do not return to settle in Egypt. 11-12) A king must not have too many wives, nor amass treasures beyond his needs. 13) A king should write a Sefer Torah and carry it with him. 14-15) Shevet Levi should not get a portion of the land nor share in the booty of war. 16-18) Give a Kohen specific portions of a slaughtered animal, Terumah from crops and the first shearing of wool. 19) Kohanim and Levi’im families should serve in the Beis Hamikdash in weekly shifts. 20-25) Do not engage in clairvoyance, magic, casting spells, Ov v'Yidoni, or speak with spirits of the deceased. 26) Heed true nevi’im. 27-28) Do not prophesy falsely, or in the name of avodah zarah. 29) Do not be fearful to execute a false navi. 30) Establish Arei Miklat for accidental murderers. 31) Beis Din shall not be merciful to a murderer. 32) Do not infringe on the boundaries of another's property. 33) Do not render judgment based on the testimony of a single witness. 34) Punish false witnesses with the punishment they tried to inflict. 35) Do not fear opposing nations. 36) Anoint a Kohen for wartime purposes. 37) Attempt peaceful outreach before attacking the nations. 38) Do not allow survivors in war with the 7 nations. 39) Do not needlessly cut down a fruit tree. 40) Perform the rite of Eglah Arufah. 41) Do not utilize the area where the Eglah Arufah rite was performed.
