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Text -- Deuteronomy 13:13-18 (NET)
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13:13 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).
13:14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully . If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
13:15 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 .
13:16 You must gather all of its plunder into the middle of the plaza and burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God . It will be an abandoned ruin forever – it must never be rebuilt again .
13:17 You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment . Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger , show you compassion , have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors .
13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God , keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
ACCURSED |
Heresy |
Church |
Moses |
Intolerance |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
Belial |
God |
PUNISHMENTS |
Holiness |
UNCHANGEABLE; UNCHANGEABLENESS |
Apostasy |
Archaeology |
FELLOW |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
Seven |
Jericho |
BASE |
CERTAIN; CERTAINLY; CERTAINTY |
FIRE |
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NET Notes: Deu 13:13 The translation understands the relative clause as a statement by Moses, not as part of the quotation from the evildoers. See also v. 2.
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NET Notes: Deu 13:14 Theodotian adds “in Israel,” perhaps to broaden the matter beyond the local village.
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NET Notes: Deu 13:15 Or “put under divine judgment. The Hebrew word (חֵרֶם, kherem) refers to placing persons or things under God’...
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NET Notes: Deu 13:16 Heb “mound”; NAB “a heap of ruins.” The Hebrew word תֵּל (tel) refers to this day to a ruin represente...
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NET Notes: Deu 13:17 Or “anything that has been put under the divine curse”; Heb “anything of the ban” (cf. NASB). See note on the phrase “di...
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