Deuteronomy 13:14

If this does happen you need to make a full investigation, inquiring about the facts and interrogating witnesses. If it's proved beyond doubt that this awful sin has actually been committed among you,

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Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

In Context

13that evil people have taken over in one of your towns and have led the people there astray, telling them, “Let's go and worship other gods” that you don't know.

15then you have to kill the people living in that town with the sword. Set apart for destruction its people and its livestock.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:18He makes sure that orphans and widows receive justice, and he loves the foreigners, providing them with food and clothing.

1 Samuel 1:16Please don't think I'm a bad woman! I have been praying because of all my troubles and grief.”

Isaiah 11:3His happiness will be in giving reverence to the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees, and he will not make decisions based on what he hears.

1 Timothy 5:19Don't entertain any accusation against an elder unless two or three witnesses support it.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:13-18

12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with… Read the whole commentary →

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