Deuteronomy · Chapter 13

[ edit] If þere riſe in þe myddil of þee a prophete, oþere eny man ſeiþ hym ſilf to haue ſeen a ſweuen, and he ſeiþ before a tokne and wondre, and comiþ þat he ſpak, and ſeiþ to þee, Goo we, and folwe we alien goddis, þat þow vnknowiſt, and ſerue we to hem, þow ſhalt not here þe wordis of þis prophete and dremer; for þe Lord ȝoure God temptiþ ȝow, þat it be maad opyn wheþer ȝe louen hym or not, in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure ſoule. Þe Lord ȝoure God folowe ȝe, and hym drede ȝe; þe heeſtis of hym kepiþ, and heriþ þe voyce of hym; to hym ȝe ſhulen ſerue, and to hym ȝe ſhulen drawe to.

Forſoþe þat prophete or feyner of ſweuens ſhal be ſlayn; for he haþ ſpoken þat he turne ȝow awey fro þe Lord ȝoure God, þat haþ lad ȝow out of þe loond of Egipte, and haþ raunſomed ȝow fro þe hows of ſeruage, þat he make þee to erre fro þe weye þat þe Lord þi God haþ comaundid to þee; and þow ſhalt doo awey yuel fro þe myddil of þee.

If þi broþer, þe ſone of þi moder, wol meue þee, or þi ſone, or þi douȝter, oþer wijf þat is in þi boſome, oþer freende þat þow loueſt as þi ſoule, pryueli ſeiynge, Goo we, and ſerue we to alien goddis, þe whiche vnknowiſt þow, and þi fadres, of alle gentilis in enuyrown, þat biſide or ferre ben, fro þe bigynnynge vnto endynge of þe loond, aſſent þou not to hym, ne hyre, ne ſpare to hym þin eye, þat þow haue mercy, and hide hym, but anoon þow ſhalt ſle hym. Be firſt þin hoond vpon hym, and after þee al þe puple put on hoond.

He ſhal be clepid þe þrowun down wiþ ſtonus; for he wold drawe þee awey fro þe Lord þi God, þat ladde þee out of þe loond of Egipte, fro þe hows of ſeruage, þat al Irael herynge drede, and no more do eny þing lijk of þis þing.

If þow here in oon of þi citees, þat þe Lord þi God ſhal ȝyue to þee to dwelle, ſum men ſeiynge, Þe ſones of Belial ben goon out fro þe myddil of þee, and han take awey þe dwellers of þi citee, and ſeiden, Goo we, and ſerue we to alyen goddis, þe whiche ȝe knowen not, ſeche wiſely and biſily, þe ſooþ of þe þing ful lokid; if þow fynde it to be certeyn þat is ſeid, and þis abomynacioun in dede fulfillid, anoon þou ſhalt ſmyte þe dwellers of þat citee in þe mouþ of þe ſwerd, and do it awey, and alle þingis þat in it ben, vnto þe beeſtis.

And what euere þing were of purtenaunce, þow ſhalt gedre in þe myddil of þe ſtretis of it, and wiþ þat citee þow ſhalt brenne vp, ſo þat alle þingis þow waaſte to þe Lord þi God, and þere be an euere laſtynge ſepulcre; it ſhal be bild no more. And þere ſhal not cleue of þat curſid heed eny þing in þin hoond, þat þe Lord turne awey fro þe wraþþe of his wodenes, and haue mercy of þee, and multiplye þee, as he ſwore to þi faders. Whanne þow heriſt þe voyce of þe Lord þi God, þow ſhalt kepe alle þe heeſtis of hym þat I comaunde to þee to day, þat þow doo þat is pleſaunt in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord þi God.