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1 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, 2 and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} is testing you⁺ to find out whether you⁺ love Him with all your⁺ heart and with all your⁺ soul. 4 You⁺ are to follow the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him. 5 Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}, who brought you⁺ out of the land of Egypt (land of bondage) and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you <1Co 5:13>. 6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace \the wife of your bosom/, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 the gods of the peoples around you⁺, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), 8 you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. 9 Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10 Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka}, who brought you out of the land of Egypt (land of bondage), out of the house of slavery. 11 Then all Israel (he wrestles with God) will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you. 12 If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka} is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said 13 that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you⁺ have not known), Deuteronomy 13:1-13, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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