(A)If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife [a]you cherish, or your friend who is like your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘(B)Let’s go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known, of 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), (C)you shall not consent to him or listen to him; (D)and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him. (E)Instead, you shall most certainly kill him; (F)your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. 10 So you shall stone him [b]to death, because he has attempted (G)to drive you away from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [c]slavery. 11 Then (H)all Israel will hear about it and be afraid, and will not do such a wicked thing among you again.

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  1. Deuteronomy 13:6 Lit of your breast
  2. Deuteronomy 13:10 Lit with stones so that he dies
  3. Deuteronomy 13:10 Lit slaves

(A)“If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, (B)the wife [a]of your bosom, or your friend (C)who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers, of the gods 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, you shall (D)not [b]consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him; but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to (E)death, and afterward the hand of all the people. 10 And you shall stone him with stones until he dies, because he sought to entice you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 So all Israel shall hear and (F)fear, and not again do such wickedness as this among you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 13:6 Whom you cherish
  2. Deuteronomy 13:8 yield