Chp. 16 verse 18 - Chp. 17 verse 14: Introduction, the command to appoint judges that would adjudicate the law to the letter. The prohibitions of planting an Asherah tree and constructing an alter made up of one stone. Chp. 17, discusses the laws of idolatry and the necessity of at least two witnesses to execute the guilty party. The command to take any religious question to the rabbinic authority of your time and to abide by their decision.