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2 When◦ there shall arise in the midst◦ of thee a prophet , or a dreamer of dreams , and he give to▵ thee a sign or a miracle,
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3 and the sign or the miracle come to pass, whereof he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go after other gods , which thou hast· not ·known , and let us serve them;
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4 thou shalt not hearken to the words of that prophet , or that dreamer of dreams ; for Jehovah your God tempts you, to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul .
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5 You shall walk ◦ after Jehovah your God , and Him you shall fear , and keep His commandments , and obey His voice , and Him you shall serve , and stick to Him.
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6 And that◦ prophet , or that◦ dreamer of a dream , shall be put ··to··death; for he has spoken to turn· you ·aside against Jehovah your God , who brought· you ·out from the land of Egypt , and redeemed◦ you from the house of servitude*, to impel thee from the way in which Jehovah thy God commanded thee to go. And thou shalt sweep··away the evil from among thee.
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7 If thy brother , the son of thy mother , or thy son , or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom , or thy companion , who is as thy soul , incite thee hiddenly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods , which thou hast not known , thou◦, nor thy fathers ;
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8 from the gods of the people which are all around you, near to thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth and to◦ the other end of the earth ;
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9 for him thou shalt not be··willing, and thou shalt not hearken to him; and thine eye shall not spare him, and thou◦ shalt not have pity, and thou shalt not cover him up;
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10 but killing thou shalt kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to··put · him ·to··death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
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11 And thou shalt stone ◦ him with stones , that he die ; for he has sought to impel thee away from Jehovah thy God , who brought· thee ·out from the land of Egypt , from the house of servitude*.
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12 And all Israel shall hear , and fear , and shall do no more any thing of evil as this is among you.
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13 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities , which Jehovah thy God has given thee to dwell there, saying,
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14 Certain men◦, sons of Belial, have gone··out from among you, and have compelled those dwelling ··in their city , saying, Let us go and serve other gods , which you have not known ;
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15 then shalt thou inquire, and search··out, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth , and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked among you;
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16 smiting thou shalt smite those who dwell in that◦ city with the mouth of the sword , dooming it, and all who are in her, and her beasts , with the mouth of the sword .
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17 And thou shalt bring··together all the spoil of it, into the midst of her avenue, and shalt burn··up the city with fire , and all the spoil of it, all of it, for Jehovah thy God ; and it shall be a mound of eternity ; it shall not be built any more.
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18 And there shall not stick anything of the devoted··thing* to thy hand ; so··that Jehovah may turn ··back from the fierceness of His anger , and give thee compassion, and have··compassion on thee, and cause thee to multiply , as◦ He has promised to thy fathers ;
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19 when◦ thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God , to keep all His commandments which I command thee today , to do what is upright in the eyes of Jehovah thy God .