CHAPTER 13
and if the sign
or wonder
he has spoken
to you
comes about,
but he says,
“Let us follow
other
gods
(which you have not
known)
and let us worship them,”
you must not
listen
to
the words
of that
prophet
or
dreamer.
For
the LORD
your God
is testing you
to find out
whether
you love
Him
with all
your heart
and with all
your soul.
You are to follow
the LORD
your God
and
fear Him.
Keep
His commandments
and listen
to His voice;
serve
Him
and hold Him fast.
Such a
prophet
or
dreamer
must be put to death,
because
he has advocated
rebellion
against
the LORD
your God,
who brought you out
of
the land
of Egypt
and redeemed you
from the house
of slavery,
in order to turn you
from the way
the LORD
your God
has commanded you
to walk.
So you must purge
the evil
from among you.
If
your very own brother,
or
your son
or
daughter,
or
the wife
you embrace,
or
your closest friend
secretly
entices you,
saying,
“Let us go
and worship
other
gods”
(which
neither you
nor
your fathers
have known,
the gods
of the peoples
around you,
whether near
or
far,
from
one end
of the earth
to the other
),
Instead,
you must surely kill him.
Your hand
must be
the first
against him
to put him to death,
and then
the hands
of all
the people.
Stone him
to death
for
trying
to turn you
away from
the LORD
your God,
who brought you out
of the land
of Egypt,
out of the house
of slavery.
that wicked
men
have arisen
from among you
and led the people
of their city
astray,
saying,
“Let us go
and serve
other
gods”
(which
you have not
known),
then you must inquire,
investigate,
and interrogate
thoroughly.
And if
it is established with certainty
that this
abomination
has been committed
among you,
you must surely strike down
the inhabitants
of that
city
with the sword.
Destroy
with
the sword
all its people
and livestock.
And
you are to gather
all
its plunder
in
the middle
of the public square,
and completely burn
the city
and all
its plunder
as a whole burnt offering
to the LORD
your God.
The city must remain
a mound of ruins
forever,
never
to be rebuilt.
Nothing
set apart for destruction
shall be found
in your hands,
so that
the LORD
will turn
from
His fierce anger,
grant
you mercy,
show you compassion,
and multiply you
as
He swore
to your fathers,
because
you obey
the LORD
your God,
keeping
all
His commandments
I
am giving you today,
doing
what is right
in the eyes
of the LORD
your God.