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Deuteronomy 13:11-13
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 13:11-13
New English Translation
11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.[a]
Punishment of Community Idolatry
12 Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, that 13 some evil people[b] have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities,[c] saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before).[d]
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- Deuteronomy 13:11 sn Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment (Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21).
- Deuteronomy 13:13 tn Heb “men, sons of Belial.” The Hebrew term בְּלִיַּעַל (beliyyaʿal) has the idea of worthlessness, without morals or scruples (HALOT 133-34 s.v.). Cf. NAB, NRSV “scoundrels”; TEV, CEV “worthless people”; NLT “worthless rabble.”
- Deuteronomy 13:13 tc The LXX and Tg read “your” for the MT’s “their.”
- Deuteronomy 13:13 tn The translation understands the relative clause as a statement by Moses, not as part of the quotation from the evildoers. See also v. 2.
Deuteronomy 13:11-13
New International Version
Deuteronomy 13:11-13
New International Version
11 Then all Israel will hear and be afraid,(A) and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.
12 If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord your God is giving you to live in 13 that troublemakers(B) have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known),
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