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Dabariym 13

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The Laws of the False Prophet and the Idolatrous City

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
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And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, "Let us go after other lo alahiym, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;"
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Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym proveth you, to know whether ye love 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Ye shall walk after 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
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And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym, which brought you out of the land of Mitzrayim, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
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The Treason of the Intimate Companion

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 lo alahiym," which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
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Namely, of the lo alahiym 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;
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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:
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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.
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And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym, which brought thee out of the land of Mitzrayim, from the house of bondage.
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And all Yashar'al shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
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The Eradication of the Apostate City

If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
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Certain men, the children of Beliyaal, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other lo alahiym," which ye have not known;
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Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
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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.
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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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym: and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
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And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
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When thou shalt hearken to the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym.