The Meaning of Deuteronomy 13:14 Explained

Deuteronomy 13:14

KJV: Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

YLT: and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:

Darby: then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, and the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,

ASV: then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Deuteronomy 13:14?

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What is the context of Deuteronomy 13:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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;

What does Deuteronomy 13:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 13:1-18 - Cut Out The Plague Spot

How to exterminate sources of disease is a main question with the modern world; but the stamping-out of possible sources of temptation must not less energetically be pursued by each religious soul. The prophet, the beloved associate, the community, that endeavored to turn Israel aside from God, might have no mercy shown. There was no room for those liberal views, in vogue today, that smile on the greatest divergencies of belief, if only their advocates are sincere.

For ourselves the lesson is clear enough. We must dissociate ourselves from companionships, however affectionate, which exert a deleterious effect on our characters, and draw us away from God. There is only one alternative-that we should overcome evil with good and lift them to our own ideals. If that be impossible, our course is clear. Our eye must not pity, nor our hand spare. And Jesus left no other alternative. See Mark 9:42-43. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 13

¹ Enticers to idolatry
⁶ however near to oneself
⁹ are to be stoned to death
¹² Idolatrous cities are not to be spared

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 13:14 mean?

then you shall inquire and search out and ask diligently and [if it is] indeed TRUE [and] certain the thing [that] was committed abomination this among you

וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֧ וְחָקַרְתָּ֧‪‬ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖ הֵיטֵ֑ב וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֱמֶת֙ נָכ֣וֹן הַדָּבָ֔ר נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ

וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֧	then you shall inquire
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular Root: דַּרְיׄושׁ Sense: to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require.
וְחָקַרְתָּ֧‪‬	and search out
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular Root: חָקַר Sense: to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate.
וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖	and ask
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular Root: שָׁאַל Sense: to ask, enquire, borrow, beg.
הֵיטֵ֑ב	diligently
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute Root: יָטַב Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad.
וְהִנֵּ֤ה	and [if it is] indeed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אֱמֶת֙	TRUE
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: אֱמֶת Sense: firmness, faithfulness, truth.
נָכ֣וֹן	[and] certain
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
הַדָּבָ֔ר	the thing
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה	[that] was committed
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥ה	abomination
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: תֹּועֵבָה Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.
הַזֹּ֖את	this
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ	among you
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: קֶרֶב Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.

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