2 GLT and the sign or the wonder comes about, which he spoke to you, saying,‘Let us go after other gods, that you have not known, and let us worship them,’ BSB BSB: and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
3 GLT do not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your spirit. BSB BSB: you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 GLT You shall walk after Yahweh your God and honor him and keep his commandments and listen to his voice, and you shall serve him and cling to him. BSB BSB: You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
5 GLT And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God— who brought you out from the land of Egypt, and who redeemed you from the house of slavery— to drive you out from the way in which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk. And you shall remove the evil from among you. BSB BSB: Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
6 GLT 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} like your life, secretly entices you, saying,‘Let us go and serve other gods that you have not known— you nor your fathers— BSB BSB: If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
7 GLT from the gods of the peoples that surround you, near to you or far from you, from{ one} end of the earth and to the{ other} end of the earth,’ BSB BSB: the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),
8 GLT you shall not yield to him and you shall not listen to him, and your eye shall not pity him, and you shall not spare nor hide him. BSB BSB: you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
9 GLT Instead, you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be the first on him to put him to death, and afterwards, the hand of all the people. BSB BSB: Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
10 GLT And you shall stone him to death with stones because he seeks to drive you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. BSB BSB: Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
11 GLT And all Israel will hear and fear and will not continue to do as the things of this wickedness among you. BSB BSB: Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
12 GLT If you hear in one of your cities that Yahweh your God gives to you to live there, saying: BSB BSB: If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
13 GLT ‘Men, sons of wickedness, have gone out from among you and have driven out the inhabitants of their city saying,“Let us go and serve other gods that you have not known,”’ BSB BSB: that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
14 GLT and you shall investigate and search out and ask thoroughly, and behold,{ it is} true, the matter{ is} certain, this abomination has been done in your midst, BSB BSB: then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
15 GLT you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the mouth of the sword, destroying it, and all who{ are} in it, and its livestock, with the mouth of the sword. BSB BSB: you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
16 GLT And you shall gather all the spoil to the middle of its street and burn the city in fire, and all its spoil completely— for Yahweh your God. And it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again. BSB BSB: And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
17 GLT And in your hand you shall not cling to anything from the things for destruction, so that Yahweh will turn from the burning of his nose and give to you mercy and have compassion on you and make you increase, as he has sworn to your fathers, BSB BSB: Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
18 GLT when you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all his commandments that I am commanding you today, to do right in the eyes of Yahweh your God. BSB BSB: because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
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