(A)You shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and (B)cling to Him. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be (C)put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of [a]slavery, (D)to drive you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. (E)So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

(F)If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife [b]you cherish, or your friend who is like your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘(G)Let’s go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:5 Lit slaves
  2. Deuteronomy 13:6 Lit of your breast

It is the Lord your God you must follow,(A) and him you must revere.(B) Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast(C) to him. That prophet or dreamer must be put to death(D) for inciting rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn(E) you from the way the Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil(F) from among you.

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices(G) you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods”(H) (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

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