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Deuteronomy 13:3

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1 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

2 and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”

you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

4 You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.

5 Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

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BSB
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
KJV
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
WEB
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
ASV
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
DARBY
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
BLB
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of the dream. For YHWH your⁺ God is testing you⁺, to know whether you⁺ love YHWH your⁺ God with all your⁺ heart and with all your⁺ soul.
ÅB
da skal du ikke høre på denne profets ord eller på ham som hadde drømmen; for Herren deres Gud vil bare prøve dere for å kjenne om dere elsker Herren deres Gud av alt deres hjerte og av all deres sjel.
OTB
skal du ikke høre på ordene til den profeten eller drømmeren. Herren deres Gud tester dere for å se om dere virkelig elsker Ham av hele deres hjerte og sjel.
B1930
da skal du ikke høre på denne profets ord eller på ham som hadde drømmen; for Herren eders Gud vil bare prøve eder for å kjenne om I elsker Herren eders Gud av alt eders hjerte og av all eders sjel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

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  • Psalms 66:10

    For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:19

    And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

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  • Deuteronomy 6:5

    And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

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  • 1 John 4:1

    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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  • Revelation 13:14

    Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:11

    For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

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  • Isaiah 8:20

    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

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