3thou shaltnotH3808hearken unto the words of thatprophetדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD yourGodH430provethyouH834, toknowH3045whether ye love the LORD yourGodH430withallH3045your heart and withallH3045your soul.
4Ye shall walkafterH413theLORDH3068yourGodH430, and fear him, andkeepתִשְׁמַ֗עtish.Ma'H8085hiscommandmentsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697, andobeyתִשְׁמָ֔עוּtish.Ma.'uH8085his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
5And thatprophetאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;becauseH310he hathspokenH8085rebellionagainstתִּשְׁמֹ֙רוּ֙tish.Mo.ruH8104theLORDH3068yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֜ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, which broughtyouוְאֹת֣וֹve.'o.ToH853outוְאֶת־ve.'EtH853of the land of Egypt, and redeemed theeoutוְאֹת֥וֹve.'o.ToH853of the house ofbondageתַעֲבֹ֖דוּta.'a.Vo.duH5647, to draw theeasideH310outאֶתְכֶ֣ם׀'et.KhemH853of the way which theLORDH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430commandedמִצְוֹתָ֤יוmitz.vo.TavH4687thee to walk in.SoH8085shalt thou putawayH310the evil from the midst of thee.
6Ifכִּ֣יkiH3588thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thydaughterמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004, or thewifeH1696of thy bosom, or thy friend,whichH834is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly,sayingH1696, Letusעַל־'al-H5921goH3318and serve othergodsH430,whichH834thou hastnotכִּ֣יkiH3588knownH3318, thou,norמִן־min-H4480thy fathers;
7of thegodsH430of the peopleswhichH834are roundaboutיָדַ֔עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045youאַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH859, nigh unto thee, or faroffרֵֽעֲךָ֛re.'a.KhaH7453from thee, from the one end of the earthevenכִּ֣יkiH3588unto theotherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312end of the earth;
9but thou shaltsurelyתִשְׁמַ֖עtish.Ma'H8085kill him; thine hand shall be firstuponH5921him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all thepeopleH3808.
10And thou shalt stone him with stones, that hedieH4191;becauseH3588he hath sought to draw theeawayH3605from the LORD thyGodH3027, whichbroughtתִּֽהְיֶה־tih.yeh-H1961theeoutH3605of the land of Egypt,outH3605of the house of bondage.
11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shalldoH3318nomoreמֵעַל֙me.'AlH5921anyH3318such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.
12If thou shalthearH8085tellוְכָל־ve.kholH3605concerning one of thy cities,whichהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088the LORD thyGodוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808giveth thee to dwell there,sayingכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697,
13CertainH259base fellows are goneoutיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427from the midst of thee, and have drawn away theinhabitantsלָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vetH3427of theircityH5892,sayingH559,LetH5414usH5414go and serveotherH259godsH430,whichH834ye havenotכִּֽי־ki-H3588knownתִשְׁמַ֞עtish.Ma'H8085;
14then shalt thou inquire, andmakeיְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ye.da'.TemH3045search, andaskלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559diligently; and,beholdלֹא־lo'-H3808,ifH834it be truth, and the thingcertainH376, thatsuchH834abomination is wrought in themidstH7130of thee;
15thou shaltsurelyהַזֹּ֖אתha.ZotH2063smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, andallהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
16And thou shalt gatherallכָּל־kol-H3605the spoil of itintoH2719the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire thecityH5892, andallכָּל־kol-H3605the spoil thereofeveryכָּל־kol-H3605whit, unto the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
17And there shall cleave nought of the devotedthingH3605to thine hand: that theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068mayturnH1961from the fierceness of his anger, and shew theemercyלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068, and have compassionuponH1961thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
18when thou shalt hearken to the voice of theLORDH3068thyGodH3068, to keepallמִן־min-H4480his commandmentswhichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834IcommandH3027thee this day, todoH3027thatwhichכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.SherH834is right in the eyes of theLORDH3068thyGodH3068.
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