Deuteronomy 13:6

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.

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),

8 you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
KJV
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;
WEB
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
ASV
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that 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;
DARBY
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
BLB
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known—you and your fathers—
ÅB
Om din bror, din mors sønn, eller din sønn eller din datter eller din hustru i din favn eller din venn, som du har så kjær som din egen sjel - om noen av disse lokker deg i lønndom og sier: La oss gå bort og dyrke andre guder - sådanne som du og dine fedre ikke har kjent,
OTB
Hvis din egen bror, din sønn eller datter, hustruen du elsker, eller din nærmeste venn i hemmelighet lokker deg og sier: ‘La oss gå og tjene andre guder’ (guder verken du eller dine forfedre har kjent,
B1930
Om din bror, din mors sønn, eller din sønn eller din datter eller din hustru i din favn eller din venn, som du har så kjær som din egen sjel - om nogen av disse lokker dig i lønndom og sier: La oss gå bort og dyrke andre guder - sådanne som du og dine fedre ikke har kjent,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 17:2–7

    If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant

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  • 2 Peter 2:1

    Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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  • Ephesians 4:14

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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  • 1 John 2:26–27

    I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

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  • Proverbs 18:24

    A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

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  • Micah 7:5–7

    Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

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  • Matthew 12:48–50

    But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”

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  • 1 Kings 11:5–7

    Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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