Deuteronomy 13:1-15

Deuteronomy 13:1-15

[1] If there arise  among  you a prophet,  or a dreamer  of dreams,  and giveth  thee a sign  or a wonder,  [2] And the sign  or the wonder  come to pass,  whereof he spake  unto thee, saying,  after  other  gods,  which thou hast not known,  and let us serve  [3] 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.  [4] after  your God,  and fear  him, and keep  his commandments,  and obey  his voice,  and ye shall serve  him, and cleave  unto him. [5] 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  the evil  away  from the midst  of thee. [6] 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,  and serve  other  gods,  which thou hast not known,  thou, nor thy fathers;  [7] 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;  [8] 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: [9] But thou shalt surely  him; thine hand  shall be first  upon him to put him to death,  and afterwards  the hand  of all the people.  [10] 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.  [11] And all Israel  shall hear,  and fear,  and shall do  no more  any  such wickedness  as this is among  you. [12] If thou shalt hear  say in one  of thy cities,  which the LORD  thy God  hath given  thee to dwell  there, saying,  [13] the children  of Belial,  are gone out  from among  you, and have withdrawn  the inhabitants  of their city,  saying,  and serve  other  gods,  which ye have not known;  [14] Then shalt thou enquire,  and make search,  and ask 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  [15] Thou shalt surely  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.