1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
6 ¶ 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, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely , of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
12 ¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
Brīdinājums par elkdievību
1 Ievērojiet un pildiet visu, ko es jums pavēlu, nepielieciet neko klāt un neņemiet neko nost!
2 Ja pie jums rodas pravietis vai sapņu sapņotājs un rāda jums zīmi vai brīnumu, 3 un notiek tā zīme vai brīnums, un viņš saka: sekosim citiem dieviem, ko jūs nepazīstat, un kalposim tiem! – 4 tad neklausi tam pravietim vai sapņu sapņotājam, jo Kungs, jūsu Dievs, jūs pārbauda, lai zinātu, vai jūs mīlat Kungu, savu Dievu, no visas sirds un visas dvēseles. 5 Sekojiet Kungam, savam Dievam, un bīstieties viņa, ievērojiet viņa baušļus un klausiet viņam, kalpojiet un pieķerieties viņam! 6 Bet tas pravietis vai sapņu sapņotājs lai tiek nonāvēts, jo viņš dumpīgi runājis pret Kungu, jūsu Dievu, kurš jūs izveda no Ēģiptes zemes un izpirka jūs no vergu nama, – lai novērstu tevi no ceļa, pa kuru Kungs, jūsu Dievs, jums pavēlējis iet. Izsvel ļaunumu no sava vidus!
7 Ja tevi slepenībā kūda tavs brālis, tavas mātes dēls, vai tavs dēls, tava meita vai tava paša sieva, vai tavs draugs, kas tev kā tu pats, un saka: iesim un kalposim citiem dieviem, ko nepazīsti ne tu, ne tavi tēvi, – 8 to tautu dieviem, kas mums visapkārt gan tuvās, gan tālās tautās no viena zemes gala līdz otram! – 9 tad nepiekrīti un neklausi viņam, lai tev nav žēl viņa, netaupi un neaizstāvi viņu, 10 bet kaudams to nokauj – tev pirmajam jāceļ roka to nonāvēt un visai tautai pēc tam! 11 Nomētājiet viņu akmeņiem, lai viņš mirst, jo viņš lūkoja aizvilt tevi no Kunga, tava Dieva, kas tevi izvedis no Ēģiptes, no vergu nama. 12 Un viss Israēls lai klausās un bīstas un lai vairs nedara jūsu vidū tādu ļaunumu kā šis!
13 Kad tu kādā pilsētā, ko Kungs tev dos, lai tu tur dzīvotu, dzirdēsi sakām, 14 ka kādi nelietīgi vīri cēlušies tavā vidū un aizvīluši savas pilsētas iemītniekus, sacīdami: iesim un kalposim citiem dieviem, ko jūs nepazīstat! – 15 tad tu pārbaudi, izmeklē un jo labi izjautā visus, un, redzi, ja tiešām šī preteklība tev ir darīta, 16 tad kautin nokauj tās pilsētas iemītniekus ar zobenu, iznīdē pilsētu un visus, kas tajā, un tās lopus ar zobenu, 17 un visu, kas tajā laupāms, sanes laukuma vidū un sadedzini Kungam, tavam Dievam, ugunī – pilsētu ar visu tās laupījumu, lai tā paliek par mūžīgām drupām un vairs netiek atjaunota! 18 Lai tev pie pirkstiem nepielīp nekas no upurētā – lai Kungs novēršas no savas dusmu kvēles, dod tev žēlsirdību, apžēlo tevi un vairo tevi, kā viņš taviem tēviem ir zvērējis, 19 ja tu klausīsi Kungam, savam Dievam, un ievērosi visus viņa baušļus, ko es tev šodien pavēlu, un darīsi to, kas Kungam, tavam Dievam, šķiet taisns.
