Deuteronomy 13:7

gods from any of the surrounding nations, whether these are near or far away, from the beginning even to the end of the earth,

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

6If your brother, the son of your mother, or your own son or daughter, or your wife who is in your bosom, or your friend, whom you love like your own soul, were willing to persuade you secretly, saying: ‘Let us go, and serve foreign gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,

8you should neither agree with him, nor listen to him. And your eye should not spare him so that you take pity on him and conceal him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:14You shall not go after the strange gods of all the Gentiles, who are around you.

2 Chronicles 22:3But he too went forth in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother impelled him to act impiously.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:7-12

6 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 gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 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; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither… Read the whole commentary →

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