" 1 aIf a prophet
or
a dreamer
of dreams
arises
among
you and gives
you a sign
or
a wonder
,
and the sign or the wonder
comes
true, concerning which
he spoke
to you, saying
, ` aLet us go
after
other
gods
(whom
you have not known
) and let us serve
them,'
you shall not listen to the words
of that prophet
or
that dreamer
of dreams
; for the LORD
your God
is atesting
you to find
out if byou love
the LORD
your God
with all
your heart
and with all
your soul
.
" aYou shall follow the LORD
your God
and fear
Him; and you shall keep
His commandments
, listen
to His voice
, serve
Him, and bcling
to Him.
"But that prophet or
that dreamer
of dreams
shall be aput
to death
, because
he has 1counseled
2rebellion
against
the LORD
your God
who brought
you from the land
of Egypt
and redeemed
you from the house
of 3slavery
, bto seduce
you from the way
in which
the LORD
your God
commanded
you to walk
. cSo you shall purge
the evil
from among
you.
" aIf your brother
, your mother's
son
, or
your son
or
daughter
, or
the wife
1you cherish
, or
your friend
who
is as your own soul
, entice
you secretly
, saying
, ` bLet us go
and serve
other
gods
' (whom
neither
you nor
your fathers
have known
,
of the gods of the peoples
who
are around
you, near
you or
far
from you, from one end
of the earth
to the other end
),
ayou shall not yield to him or listen
to him; band your eye
shall not pity
him, nor
shall you spare
or conceal
him.
" aBut you shall surely kill
him; byour hand
shall be first
against him to put
him to death
, and afterwards
the hand
of all
the people
.
"So you shall stone him 1to death
because
he has sought
ato seduce
you from the LORD
your God
who brought
you out from the land
of Egypt
, out of the house
of 2slavery
.
"Then aall Israel
will hear
and be afraid
, and will never
again
do
such
a wicked
thing
among
you.
"If you hear
in one
of your cities
, which
the LORD
your God
is giving
you to live
in, anyone saying
that
some worthless men
have gone
out from among
you and have seduced
the inhabitants
of their city
, saying
, ` aLet us go
and serve
other
gods
' (whom
you have not known
),
then you shall investigate and search
out and inquire
thoroughly
. If
it is true
and the matter
established
that this
abomination
has been done
among
you,
ayou shall surely strike
the inhabitants
of that city
with the edge
of the sword
, 1utterly
destroying
it and all
that is in it and its cattle
with the edge
of the sword
.
" aThen you shall gather all
its booty
into the middle
of its open
square
and burn
the city
and all
its booty
with fire
as a whole
burnt
offering
to the LORD
your God
; and it shall be a 1 bruin
forever
. It shall never
be rebuilt
.
"Nothing from that which
is put under
the ban
shall cling
to your hand
, in order
that the LORD
may turn
from aHis burning
anger
and bshow
mercy
to you, and have
compassion
on you and cmake you increase
, just
das He has sworn
to your fathers
,
1if you will listen
to the voice
of the LORD
your God
, 2keeping
all
His commandments
which
I am commanding
you today
, 3and doing
what
is right
in the sight
of the LORD
your God
.