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If there arise[H6965]among[H7130] you a prophet[H5030], or a dreamer[H2492] of dreams[H2472], and giveth[H5414] thee a sign[H226] or a wonder[H4159],
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And the sign[H226] or the wonder[H4159] come to pass[H935], whereof he spake[H1696] unto thee, saying[H559], Let us go[H3212]after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430], which thou hast not known[H3045], and let us serve[H5647] them;
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Thou shalt not hearken[H8085] unto the words[H1697] of that prophet[H5030], or that dreamer[H2492] of dreams[H2472]: for the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]proveth[H5254] you, to know[H3045] whether ye[H3426]love[H157] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] with all your heart[H3824] and with all your soul[H5315].
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Ye shall walk[H3212]after[H310] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], and fear[H3372] him, and keep[H8104] his commandments[H4687], and obey[H8085] his voice[H6963], and ye shall serve[H5647] him, and cleave[H1692] unto him.
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And that prophet[H5030], or that dreamer[H2492] of dreams[H2472], shall be put[H1197] to death[H4191]; because he hath spoken[H1696] to turn[H5627] you away[H1197] from the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], which brought you out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and redeemed[H6299] you out[H3318] of the house[H1004] of bondage[H5650], to thrust[H5080] thee out[H3318] of the way[H1870] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]commanded[H6680] thee to walk in[H3212]. So shalt thou put[H1197] the evil[H7451]away[H1197] from the midst[H7130] of thee.
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If thy brother[H251], the son[H1121] of thy mother[H517], or thy son[H1121], or thy daughter[H1323], or the wife[H802] of thy bosom[H2436], or thy friend[H7453], which is as thine own soul[H5315], entice[H5496] thee secretly[H5643], saying[H559], Let us go[H3212] and serve[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430], which thou hast not known[H3045], thou, nor thy fathers[H1];
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Namely, of the gods[H430] of the people[H5971] which are round about[H5439] you, nigh[H7138] unto thee, or far off[H7350] from thee, from the one end[H7097] of the earth[H776] even unto the other end[H7097] of the earth[H776];
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But thou shalt surely[H2026]kill[H2026] him; thine hand[H3027] shall be first[H7223] upon him to put him to death[H4191], and afterwards[H314] the hand[H3027] of all the people[H5971].
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And thou shalt stone[H5619] him with stones[H68], that he die[H4191]; because he hath sought[H1245] to thrust thee away[H5080] from the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], which brought thee out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], from the house[H1004] of bondage[H5650].
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And all Israel[H3478] shall hear[H8085], and fear[H3372], and shall do[H6213] no more[H3254]any[H1697] such wickedness[H7451] as this is among[H7130] you.
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If thou shalt hear[H8085] say in one[H259] of thy cities[H5892], which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath given[H5414] thee to dwell[H3427] there, saying[H559],
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Certain men[H582], the children[H1121] of Belial[H1100], are gone out[H3318] from among[H7130] you, and have withdrawn[H5080] the inhabitants[H3427] of their city[H5892], saying[H559], Let us go[H3212] and serve[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430], which ye have not known[H3045];
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Then shalt thou enquire[H1875], and make search[H2713], and ask[H7592]diligently[H3190]; and, behold, if it be truth[H571], and the thing[H1697]certain[H3559], that such[H2063]abomination[H8441] is wrought[H6213]among[H7130] you;
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Thou shalt surely[H5221]smite[H5221] the inhabitants[H3427] of that city[H5892] with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], destroying it utterly[H2763], and all that is therein, and the cattle[H929] thereof, with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719].
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And thou shalt gather[H6908] all the spoil[H7998] of it into the midst[H8432] of the street[H7339] thereof, and shalt burn[H8313] with fire[H784] the city[H5892], and all the spoil[H7998] thereof every whit[H3632], for the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]: and it shall be an heap[H8510] for ever[H5769]; it shall not be built again[H1129].
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And there shall cleave[H1692]nought[H3972] of the cursed thing[H2764] to thine hand[H3027]: that the LORD[H3068] may turn[H7725] from the fierceness[H2740] of his anger[H639], and shew[H5414] thee mercy[H7356], and have compassion[H7355] upon thee, and multiply[H7235] thee, as he hath sworn[H7650] unto thy fathers[H1];
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When thou shalt hearken[H8085] to the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], to keep[H8104] all his commandments[H4687] which I command[H6680] thee this day[H3117], to do[H6213] that which is right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430].