If there arise among
you a prophet
, or a dreamer
of dreams
, and giveth
thee a sign
or a wonder
,
And the sign or the wonder
come to pass
, whereof he spake
unto thee, saying
, Let us go
after
other
gods
, which thou hast not known
, and let us serve
them;
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words
of that prophet
, or that dreamer
of dreams
: for the LORD
your God
proveth
you, to know
whether ye
love
the LORD
your God
with all your heart
and with all your soul
.
Ye shall walk after
the LORD
your God
, and fear
him, and keep
his commandments
, and obey
his voice
, and ye shall serve
him, and cleave
unto him.
And that prophet, or that dreamer
of dreams
, shall be put to death
; because he hath spoken
to turn
you away from the LORD
your God
, which brought you out
of the land
of Egypt
, and redeemed
you out of the house
of bondage
, to thrust
thee out of the way
which the LORD
thy God
commanded
thee to walk in
. So shalt thou put
the evil
away
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
, entice
thee secretly
, saying
, Let us go
and serve
other
gods
, which thou hast not known
, 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 consent unto him, nor hearken
unto him; neither shall thine eye
pity
him, neither shalt thou spare
, neither shalt thou conceal
him:
But thou shalt surely kill
him; thine hand
shall be first
upon him to put him to death
, and afterwards
the hand
of all the people
.
And thou shalt stone him with stones
, that he die
; because he hath sought
to thrust thee away
from the LORD
thy God
, which brought thee out
of the land
of Egypt
, from the house
of bondage
.
And all Israel shall hear
, and fear
, and shall do
no more
any
such wickedness
as this is among
you.
If thou shalt hear say in one
of thy cities
, which the LORD
thy God
hath given
thee to dwell
there, saying
,
Certain men, the children
of Belial
, are gone out
from among
you, and have withdrawn
the inhabitants
of their city
, saying
, Let us go
and serve
other
gods
, which ye have not known
;
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search
, and ask
diligently
; and, behold, if it be truth
, and the thing
certain
, that such
abomination
is wrought
among
you;
Thou shalt surely smite
the inhabitants
of that city
with the edge
of the sword
, destroying it utterly
, and all that is therein, and the cattle
thereof, with the edge
of the sword
.
And thou shalt gather all the spoil
of it into the midst
of the street
thereof, and shalt burn
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 built again
.
And there shall cleave nought
of the cursed thing
to thine hand
: that the LORD
may turn
from the fierceness
of his anger
, and shew
thee mercy
, and have compassion
upon thee, and multiply
thee, as he hath sworn
unto thy fathers
;
When thou shalt hearken to the voice
of the LORD
thy God
, to keep
all his commandments
which I command
thee this day
, to do
that which is right
in the eyes
of the LORD
thy God
.