But that Prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, he shall [a]be slain, because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God (which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and delivered you out of the house of bondage) to thrust thee out of the way, wherein the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk: so shalt thou take the evil away forth of the midst of thee.

¶ If [b]thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thine own son, or thy daughter, or the wife, that lieth in thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own [c]soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, (which thou hast not known, thou I say, nor thy fathers)

Any of the gods of the people which are round about you, near unto thee or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth unto the other:

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:5 Being convicted by testimonies, and condemned by the judge.
  2. Deuteronomy 13:6 All natural affections must give place to God’s honor.
  3. Deuteronomy 13:6 Whom thou lovest as thy life.

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