This edition follows the Hebrew versification; the traditional number is given in brackets.
A prophet or dreamer who leads you astray
1[12:32]Everything I command you, you are to be careful to do. Do not add to it, and do not take away from it. 2[13:1]If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 3[13:2]and the sign or wonder he told you about comes true, and he says, “Let us follow other gods you have not known, and let us serve them” — 4[13:3]do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer, for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul. 5[13:4]You are to follow Yahweh your God and fear him; keep his commandments and obey his voice; serve him and hold fast to him. 6[13:5]That prophet or dreamer is to be put to death, for he has urged rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to lead you away from the path Yahweh your God commanded you to walk. You must purge the evil from among you. 7[13:6]If your brother — your mother’s own son — or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or the friend who is your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods you have not known, neither you nor your fathers” — 8[13:7]gods of the peoples around you, whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other — 9[13:8]do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity; do not spare him or shield him. 10[13:9]You must kill him; your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people. 11[13:10]Stone him to death, because he sought to lead you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
A city seduced into apostasy
12[13:11]Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again. 13[13:12]If you hear it said about one of your cities, which Yahweh your God is giving you to live in, 14[13:13]“Worthless men have risen up from among you and led the people of their city astray, saying, Let us go and serve other gods you have not known,” 15[13:14]then you must inquire, investigate, and question thoroughly. If it proves true and certain that this detestable thing has been done among you, 16[13:15]you must strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword. Devote it and everything in it — even its livestock — to destruction by the sword. 17[13:16]Gather all its plunder into the middle of the public square and burn the city completely with all its plunder, as a whole offering to Yahweh your God. It is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt. 18[13:17]Let nothing devoted to destruction stick to your hand, so that Yahweh may turn from his burning anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers, 19[13:18]when you obey the voice of Yahweh your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today, and doing what is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
