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Deuteronomy 13

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1Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.
1And if there arise within you a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
2And if there arise within thee a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives thee a sign or a wonder ,
2and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you⌃ know not;
3and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye know not;
3you⌃ shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord your God tries you, to know whether you⌃ love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4You⌃ shall follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and you⌃ shall hear his voice, and attach yourselves to him.
5Ye shall follow the Lord your God , and fear him, and ye shall hear his voice, and attach yourselves to him.
5And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream, shall die; for he has spoken to make you err from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, who redeemed you from bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the Lord your God commanded you to walk in: so shall you abolish the evil from among you.
6And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream, shall die; for he has spoken to make thee err from the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, who redeemed thee from bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in: so shalt thou abolish the evil from among you.
6And if your brother by your father or mother, or your son, or daughter, or your wife in your bosom, or friend who is equal to your own soul, entreat you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known,
7And if thy brother by thy father or mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife in thy bosom, or friend who is equal to thine own soul, entreat thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known,
7of the gods of the nations that are round about you, who are near you or at a distance from you, from one end of the earth to the other;
8of the gods of the nations that are round about you , who are near thee or at a distance from thee, from one end of the earth to the other;
8you shall not consent to him, neither shall you listen to him; and your eye shall not spare him, you shall feel no regret for him, neither shall you at all protect him:
9thou shalt not consent to him, neither shalt thou hearken to him; and thine eye shall not spare him, thou shalt feel no regret for him, neither shalt thou at all protect him:
9you shall surely report concerning him, and your hands shall be upon him among the first to kill him, and the hands of all the people at the last.
10thou shalt surely report concerning him , and thy hands shall be upon him among the first to slay him, and the hands of all the people at the last.
10And they shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to draw you away from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
11And they shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to draw thee away from the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not again do according to this evil thing among you.
12And all Israel shall hear , and fear, and shall not again do according to this evil thing among you.
12And if in one of your cities which the Lord God gives you to dwell therein, you shall hear men saying,
13And if in one of thy cities which the Lord God gives thee to dwell therein, thou shalt hear men saying,
13Evil men have gone out from you, and have caused all the inhabitants of their land to fall away, saying, Let us go and worship other gods, whom you⌃ knew not,
14Evil men have gone out from you , and have caused all the inhabitants of their land to fall away, saying, Let us go and worship other gods, whom ye knew not,
14then you shall enquire and ask, and search diligently, and behold, [if] the thing is clearly true, and this abomination has taken place among you,
15then thou shalt enquire and ask, and search diligently, and behold, [if] the thing is clearly true, and this abomination has taken place among you,
15you shall utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; you⌃ shall solemnly curse it, and all things in it.
16thou shalt utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; ye shall solemnly curse it , and all things in it .
16And all its spoils you shall gather into its public ways, and you shall burn the city with fire, and all its spoils publicly before the Lord your God; and it shall be uninhabited for ever, it shall not be built again.
17And all its spoils thou shalt gather into its public ways, and thou shalt burn the city with fire, and all its spoils publicly before the Lord thy God; and it shall be uninhabited for ever, it shall not be built again.
17And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to your hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and show you mercy, and pity you, and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers;
18And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and shew thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he sware to thy fathers;
18if you will hear the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments, all that I charge you this day, to do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God.