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Deuteronomy 13 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or one that dreameth dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign H226 or the wonder H4159 come to pass that he told unto thee, when he said , Let us go after other gods, whom thou hast not known, and let us serve them , 3 — thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet , or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God H430 proveth you , to know H3045 whether ye love Jehovah your God H430 with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God H430 , and ye shall fear him , and his commandments shall ye keep , and his voice shall ye hear H8085 ; and ye shall serve him , and unto him shall ye cleave. 5 And that prophet , or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; for he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah your God H430 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage , — to draw thee out of the way that Jehovah thy God H430 commanded H4687 thee to walk in ; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. 6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter , or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying H1696 , Let us go H3318 and serve other gods H430 ( whom thou hast not known , thou, nor thy fathers; 7 of the gods H430 of the peoples which are round about you , near unto thee, or far from thee, from one end of the earth even unto the other אֲחֵרִ֔ים 'a.che.Rim H312 end of the earth), 8 thou shalt not consent unto him , nor hearken unto him ; neither shall thine eye spare him , neither shalt thou pity him , neither shalt thou screen him , 9 but thou shalt in any case kill him : thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people ; 10 and thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die H4191 ; for he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; 11 and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst. 12 If in one H2088 of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee to dwell there , thou hearest, saying , 13 There are men , children of Belial, gone out from among you , and they have drawn away the inhabitants H3427 of their city H5892 , saying H559 , Let us go and serve other gods H430 , whom ye have not known ; 14 then shalt thou inquire, and make H3045 search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, [ and ] the thing be certain , that this abomination hath happened in the midst H7130 of thee, 15 thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction , and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And all the spoil of it shalt thou gather into the midst of the open place thereof, and shalt burn the city H5892 with fire, and all the spoil thereof, wholly to Jehovah thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17 And thou shalt not let anything cleave to thy hand of the devoted thing ; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy , and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18 when H834 thou hearkenest to the voice of Jehovah thy God , to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, that thou mayest do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God . ← Deuteronomy 12 Deuteronomy 14 → Commentaries on Deuteronomy 13 Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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