You shall (A)walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and (B)hold fast to him. But (C)that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. (D)So you shall purge the evil[a] from your midst.

(E)“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or (F)the wife you embrace[b] or your friend (G)who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ (H)which neither you nor your fathers have known,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:5 Or evil person
  2. Deuteronomy 13:6 Hebrew the wife of your bosom

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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