Chapter 13

If there arise⁴ among you a prophet, or a dreamer⁶ of dreams, and giveth¹ thee a sign or a wonder,

And the sign or the wonder come to pass,¹ whereof he spake¹⁴ unto thee, saying,² Let us go⁴ after other gods, which thou hast not known,¹ and let us serve⁹³ them;

Thou shalt not hearken⁴ unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer⁶ of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth¹⁸ you, to know² whether ye love⁶ the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Ye shall walk⁴ after the LORD your God, and fear⁴ him, and keep⁴ his commandments, and obey⁴ his voice, and ye shall serve⁴ him, and cleave⁴ unto him.

And that prophet, or that dreamer⁶ of dreams, shall be put to death;⁹³ because he hath spoken¹⁴ to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out⁵⁶ of the land of Egypt, and redeemed⁶ you out of the house of bondage, to thrust⁵³ thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded¹⁴ thee to walk² in. So shalt thou put the evil away¹⁴ from the midst of thee.

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice⁵⁵ thee secretly, saying,² Let us go⁴ and serve⁴ other gods, which thou hast not known,¹ thou, nor thy fathers;

[Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth;

Thou shalt not consent⁴ unto him, nor hearken⁴ unto him; neither shall thine eye pity⁴ him, neither shalt thou spare,⁴ neither shalt thou conceal¹⁷ him:

But thou shalt surely² kill⁴ him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death,⁵³ and afterwards the hand of all the people.

And thou shalt stone¹ him with stones, that he die;¹ because he hath sought¹⁴ to thrust thee away⁵³ from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out⁵⁶ of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

And all Israel shall hear,⁴ and fear,⁴ and shall do² no more⁵⁵ any such wickedness as this is among you.

If thou shalt hear⁴ [say] in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given⁶ thee to dwell² there, saying,²

[Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out¹ from among you, and have withdrawn⁵⁵ the inhabitants⁶ of their city, saying,² Let us go⁴ and serve⁴ other gods, which ye have not known;¹

Then shalt thou enquire,¹ and make search,¹ and ask¹ diligently;⁵³ and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain,¹² [that] such abomination is wrought⁸ among you;

Thou shalt surely⁵³ smite⁵⁵ the inhabitants⁶ of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly,⁵⁴ and all that [is] therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

And thou shalt gather⁴ all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn¹ with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built¹¹ again.

And there shall cleave⁴ nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn⁴ from the fierceness of his anger, and shew¹ thee mercy, and have compassion¹⁴ upon thee, and multiply⁵² thee, as he hath sworn⁸ unto thy fathers;

When thou shalt hearken⁴ to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep² all his commandments which I command¹⁸ thee this day, to do² [that which is] right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.