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Verse 1

If there arise{H6965} in the middle{H7130} of you a prophet,{H5030} or a dreamer{H2492} of dreams,{H2472} and he give{H5414} you a sign{H226} or a wonder,{H4159}

Verse 2

and the sign{H226} or the wonder{H4159} come to pass,{H935} whereof he spoke{H1696} unto you, saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods,{H430} which you have not known,{H3045} and let us serve{H5647} them;

Verse 3

you shall not listen{H8085} unto the words{H1697} of that prophet,{H5030} or unto that dreamer{H2492} of dreams:{H2472} for Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} proveth{H5254} you, to know{H3045} whether you{H3426} love{H157} Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} with all your heart{H3824} and with all your soul.{H5315}

Verse 4

You shall walk{H3212} after{H310} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and fear{H3372} him, and keep{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} and obey{H8085} his voice,{H6963} and you shall serve{H5647} him, and cleave{H1692} unto him.

Verse 5

And that prophet,{H5030} or that dreamer{H2492} of dreams,{H2472} shall be put to death,{H4191} because he has spoken{H1696} rebellion{H5627} against Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} who brought you out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and redeemed{H6299} you out of the house{H1004} of bondage,{H5650} to draw{H5080} you aside out of the way{H1870} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} commanded{H6680} you to walk in.{H3212} So shall you put{H1197} away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the middle{H7130} of you.

Verse 6

If your brother,{H251} the son{H1121} of your mother,{H517} or your son,{H1121} or your daughter,{H1323} or the wife{H802} of your bosom,{H2436} or your friend,{H7453} that is as your own soul,{H5315} entice{H5496} you secretly,{H5643} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which you have not known,{H3045} you, nor your fathers;{H1}

Verse 7

of the gods{H430} of the peoples{H5971} that are round about{H5439} you, near{H7138} unto you, or far off{H7350} from you, from the one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other end{H7097} of the earth;{H776}

Verse 8

you shall not consent{H14} unto him, nor listen{H8085} unto him; neither shall your eye{H5869} pity{H2347} him, neither shall you spare,{H2550} neither shall you conceal{H3680} him:

Verse 9

but you shall surely{H2026} kill{H2026} him; your hand{H3027} shall be first{H7223} upon him to put him to death,{H4191} and afterwards{H314} the hand{H3027} of all the people.{H5971}

Verse 10

And you shall stone{H5619} him to death with stones,{H68} because he has sought{H1245} to draw you away{H5080} from Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} who brought you out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out{H3318} of the house{H1004} of bondage.{H5650}

Verse 11

And all Israel{H3478} shall hear,{H8085} and fear,{H3372} and shall do{H6213} not more{H3254} any{H1697} such wickedness{H7451} as this is in the middle{H7130} of you.

Verse 12

If you shall hear{H8085} tell concerning one{H259} of your cities,{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} gives{H5414} you to live{H3427} there, saying,{H559}

Verse 13

Certain{H1121} base{H1100} fellows{H582} are gone out{H3318} from the middle{H7130} of you, and have drawn{H5080} away the inhabitants{H3427} of their city,{H5892} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which you have not known;{H3045}

Verse 14

then shall you inquire,{H1875} and make search,{H2713} and ask{H7592} diligently;{H3190} and, behold, if it be truth,{H571} and the thing{H1697} certain,{H3559} that such{H2063} abomination{H8441} is worked{H6213} in the middle{H7130} of you,

Verse 15

you shall surely{H5221} strike{H5221} the inhabitants{H3427} of that city{H5892} with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} destroying it utterly,{H2763} and all that is in it and the cattle{H929} there, with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719}

Verse 16

And you shall gather{H6908} all the plunder{H7998} of it into the middle{H8432} of the street{H7339} there, and shall burn{H8313} with fire{H784} the city,{H5892} and all the plunder{H7998} there every whit,{H3632} unto Jehovah{H3068} your God:{H430} and it shall be a heap{H8510} for ever;{H5769} it shall not be built again.{H1129}

Verse 17

And there shall cleave{H1692} nothing{H3972} of the devoted thing{H2764} to your hand;{H3027} that Jehovah{H3068} may turn{H7725} from the fierceness{H2740} of his anger,{H639} and show{H5414} you mercy,{H7356} and have compassion{H7355} upon you, and multiply{H7235} you, as he has sworn{H7650} unto your fathers;{H1}

Verse 18

when you shall listen{H8085} to the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} to keep{H8104} all his commandments{H4687} which I command{H6680} you this day,{H3117} to do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}

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