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Deuteronomy 13:12-15

12Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588,regarding oneבְּאַחַ֣תbe.'a.ChatH259of the citiesעָרֶ֗יךָ'a.Rei.khaH5892אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834the LORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is givingנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414youto inhabitלָשֶׁ֥בֶת שָׁ֖םla.She.vet shamH3427 H8033,you hearH8085it saidלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559

13that wickedבְלִיַּ֙עַל֙ve.li.Ya.'alH1100menבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H376 H1121have arisenיָצְא֞וּya.tze.'UH3318from among youמִקִּרְבֶּ֔ךָmi.kir.Be.chaH7130and have led the peopleH3427of their cityH5892astrayוַיַּדִּ֛יחוּvai.ya.Di.chuH5080אֶת־'et-H853,sayingH559, “Let us goנֵלְכָ֗הne.le.KhahH1980and serveוְנַעַבְדָ֛הve.na.'av.DahH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimH312godsH430” (whichH834you have notלֹא־lo'-H3808knownיְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ye.da'.TemH3045),

14then you must inquireוְדָרַשְׁתָּ֧ve.da.rash.TaH1875,investigateוְחָקַרְתָּ֧ve.cha.kar.TaH2713,and interrogateוְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖ve.sha.'al.TaH7592thoroughlyהֵיטֵ֑בhei.TevH3190.And ifוְהִנֵּ֤הve.hi.NehH2009it is established with certaintyאֱמֶת֙ נָכ֣וֹן הַדָּבָ֔ר'e.Met na.Khon ha.da.VarH571 H3559 H1697that thisהַזֹּ֖אתha.ZotH2063abominationהַתּוֹעֵבָ֥הha.to.'e.VahH8441has been committedנֶעֶשְׂתָ֛הne.'es.TahH6213among youH7130,

15you must surely putH5221אֶת־'et-H853the inhabitantsיֹֽשְׁבֵ֛יyo.she.VeiH3427of thatהַהִ֖יאha.hu'H1931cityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892to the swordלְפִי־ חָ֑רֶבle.fi- Cha.revH6310 H2719.Devote to destructionהַחֲרֵ֨םha.cha.RemH2763לְפִי־le.fi-H6310חָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719אֹתָ֧הּ'o.TahH853וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853allכָּל־kol-H3605its peopleאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853and livestockבְּהֶמְתָּ֖הּbe.hem.TahH929.

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