Deuteronomy 13

et kol-haddavar asher anokhi metsavveh etkhem oto tishmeru la'asot lo-tosef alayw velo tigra mimmennu

Be careful to observe only that which I enjoin upon you: neither add to it nor take away from it.

ki-yaqum beqirbekha navi o kholem khalom venatan elekha ot o mofet

If there appears among you a prophet or a dream-diviner, who gives you a sign or a portent,

uva ha'ot vehammofet asher-dibber elekha lemor nelekhah akhare elohim akherim asher lo-yedatam veno'ovdem

saying, “Let us follow and worship another god”—whom you have not experienced—even if the sign or portent named to you comes true,

lo tishma el-divre hannavi hahu o el-kholem hakhalom hahu ki menasseh Adonai elohekhem etkhem lada'at hayishkhem ohavim et-Adonai elohekhem bekhol-levavkhem uvekhol-nafshekhem

do not heed the words of that prophet or that dream-diviner. For the ETERNAL your God is testing you to see whether you really love the ETERNAL your God with all your heart and soul.

akhare Adonai elohekhem telekhu ve'oto tira'u ve'et-mitsvotayw tishmoru uveqolo tishma'u ve'oto ta'avodu uvo tidbaqun

The ETERNAL your God is the One whom you should follow, whom you should revere, whose commandments you should observe, whose orders you should heed, whom you should worship, and to whom you should hold fast.

vehannavi hahu o kholem hakhalom hahu yumat ki dibber-sarah al-Adonai elohekhem hammotsi etkhem me'erets mitsrayim vehappodekha mibbet avadim lehaddikhakha min-hadderekh asher tsivvekha Adonai elohekha lalekhet bah uvi'arta hara miqqirbekha

As for that prophet or dream-diviner, they shall be put to death for having urged disloyalty to the ETERNAL your God—who freed you from the land of Egypt and who redeemed you from the house of bondage—to make you stray from the path that the ETERNAL your God commanded you to follow. Thus you will sweep out evil from your midst.

ki yesitekha akhikha ven-immekha o-vinkha o-vittekha o eshet kheqekha o re'akha asher kenafshekha basseter lemor nelekhah vena'avdah elohim akherim asher lo yadata attah va'avotekha

If your brother, your own mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your closest friend entices you in secret, saying, “Come let us worship other gods”—whom neither you nor your ancestors have experienced—

me'elohe ha'ammim asher sevivotekhem haqqerovim elekha o harekhoqim mimmekka miqtseh ha'arets ve'ad-qetseh ha'arets

from among the gods of the peoples around you, either near to you or distant, anywhere from one end of the earth to the other:

lo-toveh lo velo tishma elayw velo-takhos enekha alayw velo-takhmol velo-tekhasseh alayw

do not assent or give heed to any of them. Show no pity or compassion, and do not cover up the matter;

ki harog tahargennu yadekha tihyeh-bbo varishonah lahamito veyad kol-ha'am ba'akharonah

but take that person’s life. Let your hand be the first to put them to death, followed by the hand of the rest of the people.

useqalto va'avanim vamet ki viqqesh lehaddikhakha me'al Adonai elohekha hammotsi'akha me'erets mitsrayim mibbet avadim

Stone them to death for having sought to make you stray from the ETERNAL your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

vekhol-yisra'el yishme'u veyira'un velo-yosifu la'asot kaddavar hara hazzeh beqirbekha

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid, and such evil things will not be done again in your midst.

ki-tishma be'akhat arekha asher Adonai elohekha noten lekha lashevet sham lemor

If you hear it said, of one of the towns that the ETERNAL your God is giving you to dwell in,

yatse'u anashim bene-veliyya'al miqqirbekha vayyaddikhu et-yosheve iram lemor nelekhah vena'avdah elohim akherim asher lo-yedatem

that some scoundrels from among you have gone and subverted the inhabitants of their town, saying, “Come let us worship other gods”—whom you have not experienced—

vedarashta vekhaqarta vesha'alta hetev vehinneh emet nakhon haddavar ne'estah hatto'evah hazzot beqirbekha

you shall investigate and inquire and interrogate thoroughly. If it is true, the fact is established—that abhorrent thing was perpetrated in your midst—

hakkeh takkeh et-yosheve ha'ir hahiv lefi-kharev hakharem otah ve'et-kol-asher-bah ve'et-behemtah lefi-kharev

put the inhabitants of that town to the sword and put its cattle to the sword. Doom it and all that is in it to destruction:

ve'et-kol-shelalah tiqbots el-tokh rekhovah vesarafta va'esh et-ha'ir ve'et-kol-shelalah kalil la-Adonai elohekha vehayetah tel olam lo tibbaneh od

gather all its spoil into the open square, and burn the town and all its spoil as a holocaust to the ETERNAL your God. And it shall remain an everlasting ruin, never to be rebuilt.

velo-yidbaq beyadekha me'umah min-hakherem lema'an yashuv Adonai mekharon appo venatan-lekha rakhamim verikhamkha vehirbekha ka'asher nishba la'avotekha

Let nothing that has been doomed stick to your hand, in order that GOD may turn from a blazing anger and show you compassion, and in compassion increase you as promised on oath to your fathers—

ki tishma beqol Adonai elohekha lishmor et-kol-mitsvotayw asher anokhi metsavvekha hayyom la'asot hayyashar be'ene Adonai elohekha

for you will be heeding the ETERNAL your God, obeying all the commandments that I enjoin upon you this day, doing what is right in the sight of the ETERNAL your God.