Old Testament · Law

Deuteronomy chapter 13

If a or someone who claims to have shows up among you and offers you a or a ,and the sign or wonder they predicted actually happens, but then they say, “Let’s follow ” — gods you’ve never known — “and let’s serve them,”don’t listen to what that prophet or dreamer says. Yahweh your God is you to find out whether you truly Yahweh your God with your and your . Yahweh your God. him. Keep his commands. Listen to his voice. Serve him. .That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because they were preaching against Yahweh your God — the one who and rescued you from the — trying to push you off the path that Yahweh your God told you to walk. You must from among you.If your own brother, your son, your daughter, the wife you love, or your tries to persuade you, saying, “Let’s go serve other gods” — gods that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known,gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, — to them. Don’t listen to them. Don’t feel sorry for them. Don’t show them mercy. .You must be the one to them. Your hand strikes first, and then everyone else joins in., because they tried to from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the slave house.Then all of Israel will hear about it and , and no one will ever do something among you again.If you hear this about one of the towns that Yahweh your God is giving you to live in —that some have come from among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let’s go serve other gods” — gods you’ve never known —then you must it thoroughly. Ask questions. Dig into it carefully. If the report turns out to be true and confirmed — if this really did happen among you —you must strike down the inhabitants of that town with the sword. it and everyone in it, along with its livestock, by the sword.Pile all its goods in the middle of the town square and burn the entire town and all its goods as a to Yahweh your God. It will remain a — it must never be rebuilt.Don’t keep any of the — not a single item. Then Yahweh will turn away from his and show you and multiply you, just as he promised your ancestors,as long as you of Yahweh your God, keep all his commands that I’m giving you today, and do what is in the eyes of Yahweh your God.