| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder, | 1"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, |
| 2and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, "Let us follow other gods"--gods whom you have not previously known--"and let us serve them." | 2and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,' |
| 3You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being. | 3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| 4You must follow the LORD your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him. | 4"You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. |
| 5As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within. | 5"But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you. |
| 6Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known, | 6"If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods ' (whom neither you nor your fathers have known, |
| 7the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other). | 7of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end), |
| 8You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him. | 8you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him. |
| 9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community. | 9"But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. |
| 10You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. | 10"So you shall stone him to death because he has sought to seduce you from the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. |
| 11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you. | 11"Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you. |
| 12Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you as a place to live, that | 12"If you hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you to live in, anyone saying that |
| 13some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, "Let's go and serve other gods" (whom you have not known before). | 13some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods ' (whom you have not known), |
| 14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you, | 14then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you, |
| 15you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock. | 15you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword. |
| 16You must gather all of its plunder into the middle of the plaza and burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. It will be an abandoned ruin forever--it must never be rebuilt again. | 16"Then you shall gather all its booty into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its booty with fire as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt. |
| 17You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the LORD will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors. | 17"Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the LORD may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers, |
| 18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him. | 18if you will listen to the voice of the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God. |
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