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Deuteronomy 13:13

Verse 13 of 18. The 13th of 34 chapters in Deuteronomy, in The Law.

9but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.

10You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

11All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more wickedness like this among you.

12If you hear about one of your cities, which the LORD your God gives you to dwell there, that

13certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which you have not known,

14then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you,

15you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.

16You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, with all of its plunder, to the LORD your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.

17Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy, and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers,

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.