Deuteronomy 13:9
+ 13:9. Deut 13:9 (Deut 13:1-11) [Heb Bible Deut 13:10 (Deut 13:2-12)] (#2a.79): T. The one who entices you secretly to serve other deities must be killed / R. Not to save the life of the enticer of idolatry / R. Not to save the missionary / R. (The Rabbis add) To be present at their death, based on (v9-10) but you shall surely kill him! Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
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Deuteronomy 7:16You shall consume all the peoples whom Adonai your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you abad ·serve· their deities; for that would be a snare to you.
Deuteronomy 25:12+ 25:12. Deut 25:12 (Deut 25:11-12) (#6.427): T. “When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand grabbing him by the private parts; (v11) then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity” (v12) / R. To save the life of the one being pursued, even if it requires taking the life of the pursuer Consider: Many people who compile Torah ·Teaching· commands agree on this interpretation, unique from the direct reading of the text then you shall cut off her hand. + 25:12. Deut 25:12 (#6.428): T. “When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand grabbing him by the private parts; (v11) then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity” (v12) / R. Not to pity the pursuer / R. Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and in order to prevent the pursuer from slaying the pursued or uncovering their nakedness Consider: Many people who compile Torah ·Teaching· commands agree on this interpretation, unique from the direct reading of the text Your eye shall have no pity.
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me, and does not disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, + 14:26. Quoted from Mic 7:6 brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
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 →