Deuteronomy:13:1-18

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* "If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams , and he gives you a sign or a wonder , * and the sign or the wonder comes to pass , of which he spoke to you , saying , "Let us go after other gods '--which 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 testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul . * You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him , and keep His commandments and obey His voice ; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him . * But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death , because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage , to entice you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk . So you shall put away the evil from your midst . * "If your brother , the son of your mother , your son or your daughter , the wife of your bosom , or your friend who is as your own soul , secretly entices you , saying , "Let us go and serve other gods ,' which you have not known , neither you nor your fathers , * of the gods of the people which are all around you , near to you or far off from you , from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth , * you shall not consent to him or listen to him , nor shall your eye pity him , nor shall you spare him or conceal him ; * but you shall surely kill him ; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death , and afterward the hand of all the people . * And you shall stone him with stones until he dies , because he sought to entice you away from the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt , from the house of bondage . * So all Israel shall hear and fear , and not again do such wickedness as this among you . * "If you hear someone in one of your cities , which the LORD your God gives you to dwell in , saying , * "Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city , saying , "Let us go and serve other gods "'--which you have not known -- * then you shall inquire , search out , and ask diligently . And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination was committed among you , * you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword , utterly destroying it , all that is in it and its livestock--with the edge of the sword . * And you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of the street , and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder , for the LORD your God . It shall be a heap forever ; it shall not be built again . * So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand , that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy , have compassion on you and multiply you , just as He swore to your fathers , * because you have listened to the voice of the LORD your God , to keep all His commandments which I command you today , to do what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God .

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