^13:1 If a prophet arise in the midst of you, or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder, ^13:2 and the sign or the wonder occurs, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known and let us serve them, ^13:3 you will not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams, because Jehovah your^* God proves you^*, to know whether you^* love Jehovah your^* God with all your^* heart and with all your^* soul. ^13:4 You^* will walk after Jehovah your^* God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice and you^* will serve him and cling to him.

    ^13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, will be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Jehovah your^* God, who brought you^* out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Jehovah your God commanded you to walk in. So you will put away the evil from the midst of you.

    ^13:6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers, ^13:7 of the gods of the peoples that are all around you^*, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth, ^13:8 you will not consent to him, nor listen to him. Neither will your eye pity him, neither will you spare, neither will you conceal him, ^13:9 but you will surely kill him. Your hand will be first upon him to put him to death and afterwards the hand of all the people. ^13:10 And you will stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

    ^13:11 And all Israel will hear and fear and will no more do any such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.

    ^13:12 If you will hear tell concerning one of your cities, which Jehovah your God gives you to dwell there, saying, ^13:13 Certain worthless men have gone out from the midst of you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you^* have not known, ^13:14 then you will inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it is true and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked in the midst of you, ^13:15 you will surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly and all that is in it and the cattle in it, with the edge of the sword. ^13:16 And you will gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street of it and will burn the city with fire and all the spoil of it, everything, to Jehovah your God and it will be a heap everlasting. It will not be built again.

    ^13:17 And nothing of the devoted thing will cling to your hand, that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy and have compassion upon you and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers, ^13:18 when you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah your God.