Deuteronomy 13:7
the gods of the surrounding people(whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other).
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6False Prophets in the Family Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,
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14You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,
15for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.
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64The LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.
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30After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say,“How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”
31You must not worship the LORD your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!
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2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant
3by serving other gods and worshiping them– the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.
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14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;
16and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.
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11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
12Punishment of Community Idolatry Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you as a place to live, that
13some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying,“Let’s go and serve other gods”(whom you have not known before).
14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
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3You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
4for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.
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7or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!
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8You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.
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17However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,
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2and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely,“Let us follow other gods”– gods whom you have not previously known–“and let us serve them.”
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19When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
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32“You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.
33They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
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9There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
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16Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!
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36The LORD will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there.
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12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.
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25You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
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17You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)
18Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the LORD our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit.
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28There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
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13“Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods– do not let them be heard on your lips.
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9Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
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16Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism You must destroy all the people whom the LORD your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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11The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands.
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15This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.
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19“But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,
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35The LORD made a covenant with them and instructed them,“You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.
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14But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.
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4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.
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18so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.
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19the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out– thus the LORD your God will do to all the people you fear.
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11Watch yourselves carefully! Love the LORD your God!
12But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,
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23Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.
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14Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the LORD your God has not given you permission to do such things.
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14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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9You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known.
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6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.