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Deuteronomy 13:14

12 If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said

13 that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),

then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,

15 you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.

16 And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
KJV
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;
WEB
then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you,
ASV
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,
DARBY
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, [and] the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,
BLB
then you shall inquire, and search out, and ask diligently, and behold, it is true, the thing is established—this abomination [that] has been done among you—
ÅB
da skal du granske og ransake og spørre nøye etter, og er det da sannhet, er det sikkert og visst at denne styggedom er gjort i din midte,
OTB
da må du undersøke, granske, og spørre grundig. Hvis det er sant og det har blitt bevist at denne avskyelige handlingen har blitt gjort blant dere,
B1930
da skal du granske og ransake og spørre nøie efter, og er det da sannhet, er det sikkert og visst at denne vederstyggelighet er gjort i din midte,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 17:4

    and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,

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  • John 7:24

    Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

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  • 1 Timothy 5:19

    Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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  • Isaiah 11:3–4

    And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

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  • Deuteronomy 10:18

    He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

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  • Numbers 35:30

    If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

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