(KJV) Deuteronomy 13¹

⥃Idolaters to Be Put to Death

[1] If there arise among you a prophet², or a dreamer³ of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, [2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;⁴ [3] Thou shalt not hearken⁵ unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth⁶ you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God⁷ with all your heart and with all your soul. [4] Ye shall walk⁸ after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey⁹ his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave¹⁰ unto him. [5] And that prophet¹¹, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken¹² to turn [you¹³] away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst¹⁴ of thee.

[6] If thy brother¹⁵, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is¹⁶] as thine own soul, entice¹⁷ thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou¹⁸ 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 consent¹⁹ unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine²⁰ eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: [9] But²¹ thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand²² shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. [10] And thou shalt stone him²³ with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought²⁴ thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage²⁵. [11] And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.²⁶

⥃Idolatrous Cities to Be Destroyed

[12] If thou shalt hear [say] in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,²⁷ [13] [Certain] men, the children²⁸ of Belial²⁹, are gone³⁰ out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us³¹ go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; [14] Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask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;³² [15] Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly³³, and all that [is] therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. [16] And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with³⁴ fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap³⁵ for ever; it shall not be built again. [17] And there shall cleave³⁶ nought of the cursed³⁷ thing to thine hand: that the Lord³⁸ may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew³⁹ thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply⁴⁰ thee, as he hath⁴¹ sworn unto thy fathers; [18] When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep⁴² all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do [that which is] right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.