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"Punishment of Community Idolatry Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you as a place to live, that"
— Deuteronomy 13:12, NET Bible
“If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,”
“If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying, ”
“If you shall hear tell concerning one of your cities, which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, saying,”
“If in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to dwell in, thou hear some say:”
“And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,”
“If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,”
Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
You 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.
Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
Punishment of Community Idolatry Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you as a place to live, that
some 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).
You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
you 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.