Thoushalt not hearkenunto the words of thatprophet, or thatdreamer of dreams: for the LORDyour God proveth you, to knowwhether ye love the LORDyour God with all yourheart and with all yoursoul.
And thatprophet, or thatdreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hathspoken to turn you awayfrom the LORDyour God, whichbrought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrustthee out of the way which the LORD thy God commandedthee to walk in. So shaltthou put the evilawayfrom the midst of thee.
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, enticetheesecretly, saying, Let us go and serveothergods, whichthouhast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Namely, of the gods of the peoplewhich are roundabout you, nighuntothee, or far off fromthee, from the one end of the earthevenunto the other end of the earth;
And thoushaltstone him withstones, that he die; because he hathsought to thrusttheeawayfrom the LORD thy God, whichbroughtthee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out fromamong you, and havewithdrawn the inhabitants of theircity, saying, Let us go and serveothergods, which ye have not known;
Thoushaltsurelysmite the inhabitants of thatcitywith the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattlethereof, with the edge of the sword.
And thoushaltgather all the spoil of it into the midst of the streetthereof, and shaltburnwithfire the city, and all the spoilthereofeverywhit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be builtagain.
And thereshallcleavenought of the cursedthing to thinehand: that the LORD may turnfrom the fierceness of his anger, and shewtheemercy, and havecompassionuponthee, and multiplythee, as he hathswornunto thy fathers;
Whenthoushalthearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandmentswhich I commandtheethis day, to do thatwhich is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.