Indeed, it was the very hand of the Lord that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.

So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,

You must not tremble in their presence, for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you – from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.

you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the Lord.

Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.

The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.

your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –

But the Lord told me: “Tell them this: ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

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).

You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.