Deuteronomy 13:12

When thou shalt hear—in one of thy cities which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to dwell there—saying:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

In Context

11And, all Israel, shall hear and fear,—and shall not again do according to this wickedness in thy midst.

13There have gone forth men sons of the Abandoned One, out of thy midst, and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying,—Let us go, and serve other gods which ye have not known;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:20and, they who remain shall hear and fear,—and not go on to do again according to this wicked thing, in thy midst:

Joshua 22:11And the sons of Israel heard say,—Lo! the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in front of the land of Canaan, in the circles of the Jordan, in the region opposite the sons of Israel.

Ezekiel 23:48So will I make an end of lewdness out of the land,- And all women shall be disciplined, and shall not do according to your lewdness.

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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