rsv Deuteronomy:13:12-18
rsv@Deuteronomy:13:12 @ "If you hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God gives you to dwell there,
rsv@Deuteronomy:13:13 @ that certain base fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of the city, saying, `Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known,
rsv@Deuteronomy:13:14 @ then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently; and behold, if it be true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done among you,
rsv@Deuteronomy:13:15 @ you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, destroying it utterly, all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.
rsv@Deuteronomy:13:16 @ You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square, and burn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; it shall be a heap for ever, it shall not be built again.
rsv@Deuteronomy:13:17 @ None of the devoted things shall cleave to your hand; that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers,
rsv@Deuteronomy:13:18 @ if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments which I command you this day, and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.