Deuteronomy 13:1-5
OF FALSE PROPHETS IN GENERAL... [ Continue Reading ]
OF FALSE PROPHETS IN GENERAL... [ Continue Reading ]
If there arise among you, in your midst, A PROPHET, one pretending to be sent by the Lord, OR A DREAMER OF DREAMS, (the latter were mediums through which the Lord had promised to make known His will, Numbers 12:6), AND GIVETH THEE A SIGN OR A WONDER, for the servants of Satan, with God's permission,... [ Continue Reading ]
and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, since the power of Satan is very great, SAYING, LET US GO AFTER OTHER GODS, WHICH THOU HAST NOT KNOWN, AND LET US SERVE THEM; that is invariably the purpose connected with the signs and wonders as they are performed by the false tea... [ Continue Reading ]
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord, your God, proveth you, He uses the temptation of the false teachers to test the genuineness of the believers' faith, TO KNOW WHETHER YE LOVE THE LORD, YOUR GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall walk after the Lord, your God, follow Him alone, in trustful obedience, AND FEAR HIM, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND OBEY HIS VOICE, as it was definitely transmitted to them in the words of Moses, AND YE SHALL SERVE HIM, and cleave unto Him, cling firmly to the sure Revelation of His will,... [ Continue Reading ]
And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, he who made use of signs and wonders to tempt the people to idolatry, SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH, BECAUSE HE HATH SPOKEN TO TURN YOU AWAY FROM THE LORD, YOUR GOD, his words and actions having the aim of stirring up rebellion against the true God, WHICH BROUGHT... [ Continue Reading ]
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, one with whom a person is connected by the ties of the most intimate relationship, OR THY SON, OR THY DAUGHTER, OR THE WIFE OF THY BOSOM, the very nearest relative, OR THY FRIEND WHICH IS AS THINE OWN SOUL, with whom one shares secrets unknown even to the very... [ Continue Reading ]
SEDUCERS AMONG RELATIVES... [ Continue Reading ]
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, whether the idols mere those of their heathen neighbors or such as were worshiped by heathen in the remote places of the world;... [ Continue Reading ]
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, the accumulation of synonyms serving to emphasize the greater duty toward God, one which exceeded that of any obligation toward any human being;... [ Continue Reading ]
but thou shalt surely kill him, immediately take the steps which were necessary to bring the Lord's punishment upon him; THINE HAND SHALL BE FIRST UPON HIM TO PUT HIM TO DEATH, as accuser, witness, and even first avenger, AND AFTERWARDS THE HAND OF ALL THE PEOPLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, from the place where they were bondmen, serfs, and slaves.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all Israel shall hear and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you; the severity of the punishment as meted out to the seducer should serve to keep them from indulging in similar attempts and, in so far at least, cause the Law to be observed. So far as the Christians a... [ Continue Reading ]
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities which the Lord, thy God, hath given thee to dwell there, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Seducers Among Fellow-Citizens.... [ Continue Reading ]
Certain men, the children of Belial, literally, "sons of worthlessness," vain, profitless people, ARE GONE OUT FROM AMONG YOU, denying their allegiance to the people of God and their obligations to the Lord, AND HAVE WITHDRAWN (seduced) THE INHABITANTS OF THEIR CITY, SAYING, LET US GO AND SERVE OTHE... [ Continue Reading ]
then shalt thou enquire, make an investigation through the proper officers, AND MAKE SEARCH, AND ASK DILIGENTLY; AND, BEHOLD, IF IT BE TRUTH AND THE THING CERTAIN, THAT SUCH AN ABOMINATION IS WROUGHT AMONG YOU, if the guilt of the people is established beyond a doubt,... [ Continue Reading ]
thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, as having fallen under the ban of Jehovah, Deuteronomy 7, AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN, AND THE CATTLE THEREOF, WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD. The ban should be carried out upon such a city with a severit... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it, in the form of dresses, furniture, jewelry, and the like, IN THE MIDST OF THE STREET THEREOF, the broad, open place just inside the gate, and shalt burn with fire the city and all the spoil thereof, EVERY WHIT, FOR THE LORD, THY GOD, namely, as being devote... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall cleave naught of the cursed thing to thine hand, no individual should presume to keep any of the material found among the spoil, THAT THE LORD MAY TURN FROM THE FIERCENESS OF HIS ANGER, AND SHOW THEE MERCY, AND HAVE COMPASSION UPON THEE, not visit the sin of that one city upon the en... [ Continue Reading ]
when thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord, thy God, to keep all His commandments which I command thee this day, including these, which enjoined the utmost severity upon the false prophets and seducers of every kind, TO DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, THY GOD. The command of Go... [ Continue Reading ]