Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 13

Deut 13:1 “When there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams,
and he shall give you a sign or a wonder,
Deut 13:2 and the sign or the wonder shall come true, of which he has
spoken to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other mighty ones – which you have
not known – and serve them,’
Deut 13:3 do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of
dreams, for יהוה your Elohim is trying you to know whether you love יהוה
your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being.
Deut 13:4 “Walk after יהוה your Elohim and fear Him, and guard His
commands and obey His voice, and serve Him and cling to Him.
Deut 13:5 “And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death,
because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה your Elohim – who brought you
out of the land of Mitsrayim and redeemed you from the house of bondage –
to make you stray from the way in which יהוה your Elohim commanded you to
walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Deut 13:6 “When 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
being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’–
which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,
Deut 13:7 of the mighty ones of the people which are all around you, near to
you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth
–
Deut 13:8 do not agree with him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pardon
him, nor spare him or conceal him,
Deut 13:9 but you shall certainly kill him. Your hand is first against him to
put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people,
Deut 13:10 and you shall stone him with stones until he dies, because he
sought to entice you away from יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the
land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage.
Deut 13:11 “And let all Yisra’ĕl hear and fear, and not again do any such
evil matter as this in your midst.
Deut 13:12 “When you hear someone in one of your cities, which יהוה your
Elohim gives you to dwell in, saying,
Deut 13:13 ‘Some men, sons of Beliya‛al, have gone out of you midst and
led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other
mighty ones” ’ – mighty ones whom you have not known –
Deut 13:14 then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And see if
the matter is true and established that this abomination was done in your
midst,
Deut 13:15 you shall certainly smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge
of the sword, putting it under the ban, and all that is in it and its livestock,
with the edge of the sword.
Deut 13:16 “And gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and
completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, before יהוה your
Elohim. And it shall be a heap forever, never to be built again.
Deut 13:17 “And none of that which is put under the ban is to cling to your
hand, so that יהוה turns from the fierceness of His displeasure and shall show
you compassion, love you and increase you, as He swore to your fathers,
Deut 13:18 when you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard all His
commands which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of יהוה
your Elohim.