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and, behold, <i>if it be</i> truth, <i>and</i> the thing certain, <i>that</i> such abomination is wrought among you;</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/calvin/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Calvin's Commentaries">Calvin</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Expositor's Dictionary">Exp Dct</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gaebelein/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Gaebelein's Annotated Bible">Gaebelein</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gsb/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Geneva Study Bible">GSB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gill/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Gill's Bible Exposition">Gill</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gray/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Gray's Concise">Gray</a> • <a href="/commentaries/guzik/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Guzik Bible Commentary">Guzik</a> • <a href="/commentaries/haydock/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary">Haydock</a> • <a href="/commentaries/hastings/deuteronomy/8-2.htm" title="Hastings Great Texts">Hastings</a> • <a href="/commentaries/homiletics/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Pulpit Homiletics">Homiletics</a> • <a href="/commentaries/jfb/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Jamieson-Fausset-Brown">JFB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kad/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Keil and Delitzsch OT">KD</a> • <a href="/commentaries/king-en/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Kingcomments Bible Studies">King</a> • <a href="/commentaries/lange/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Lange Commentary">Lange</a> • <a href="/commentaries/maclaren/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="MacLaren Expositions">MacLaren</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhc/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Matthew Henry Concise">MHC</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhcw/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Matthew Henry Full">MHCW</a> • <a href="/commentaries/parker/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="The People's Bible by Joseph Parker">Parker</a> • <a href="/commentaries/poole/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Matthew Poole">Poole</a> • <a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sermon/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Sermon Bible">Sermon</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sco/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Scofield Reference Notes">SCO</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ttb/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Through The Bible">TTB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/wes/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Wesley's Notes">WES</a> • <a href="#tsk" title="Treasury of Scripture Knowledge">TSK</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="comtype">EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/deuteronomy/13.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm" title="Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked among you;">Deuteronomy 13:14</a></span>. <span class="ital">Then thou shalt inquire — </span>This is meant of the magistrate, to whose office this properly belonged, and of whom he continues to speak in the same manner, <span class="ital">thou, </span><a href="/deuteronomy/13-15.htm" title="You shall surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.">Deuteronomy 13:15</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/13-16.htm" title="And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the middle of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.">Deuteronomy 13:16</a>. The Jewish writers say, the defection of a city was to be tried by the great sanhedrim. If it appeared that they were thrust away to idolatry, they were to send two learned men to admonish them. If they repented, all was well; if not, all Israel was to go up and execute this sentence. Though we do not find this law put in execution, in all the history of the Jewish Church, yet, for neglecting the execution of it on inferior cities, God himself, by the army of the Chaldeans, executed it on Jerusalem, the head city, which was utterly destroyed, and lay in ruins for seventy years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/deuteronomy/13.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>13:12-18 Here is the case of a city revolting from the God of Israel, and serving other gods. The crime is supposed to be committed by one of the cities of Israel. Even when they were ordered to preserve their religion by force, yet they were not allowed to bring others to it by fire and sword. Spiritual judgments under the Christian dispensation are more terrible than the execution of criminals; we have not less cause than the Israelites had, to fear the Divine wrath. Let us then fear the spiritual idolatry of covetousness, and the love of worldly pleasure; and be careful not to countenance them in our families, by our example or by the education of our children. May the Lord write his law and truth in our hearts, there set up his throne, and shed abroad his love!<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/deuteronomy/13.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>In <a href="/deuteronomy/15-9.htm">Deuteronomy 15:9</a> and in <a href="/nahum/1-11.htm">Nahum 1:11</a> the word "Belial" is rendered in our translation by the adjective "wicked." The word means "worthlessness."<p>(from Barnes' Notes) <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>14. Then shalt thou inquire—that is, the magistrate, to whom it officially belonged to make the necessary investigation. In the event of the report proving true, the most summary proceedings were to be commenced against the apostate inhabitants. The law in this chapter has been represented as stern and sanguinary, but it was in accordance with the national constitution of Israel. God being their King, idolatry was treason, and a city turned to idols put itself into a state, and incurred the punishment, of rebellion.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/deuteronomy/13.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">Then shalt thou inquire:</span> this is meant of the magistrate, to whose office this properly belongs, and of whom he continues to speak in the same manner, thou, <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-15.htm" title="You shall surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.">Deu 13:15</a>,16</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/deuteronomy/13.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>Then shalt thou inquire, make search, and ask diligently,.... That is, of the witnesses, as the Targum of Jonathan; and this is a case that is only taken into consideration and judged of by the great sanhedrim, or that of seventy one, at Jerusalem (o); and the method they took was this, when it fell under their cognizance: the great sanhedrim send and inquire and search till they know clearly that the whole city, or the greater part of it, are thrust away, and are turned to idolatry; after that they send two disciples of the wise men to admonish them and bring them back; if they return and repent, it is well, but if they continue in their folly, the sanhedrim order all Israel to go up against them to war, and they besiege them, and set themselves in battle array against them, until the city be broken up; and when it is broken up, immediately they set up many courts of judicature, and they judge them; and against whomsoever two witnesses come that he served idols, after they have admonished him they separate him; if all the worshippers be the fewest, they stone them, and the rest of the city are delivered; if they are found the greater number, they bring them to the great sanhedrim, and finish their judgment there, and they slay all those that have served with the sword: <p>and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain; that such wicked men have risen and have prevailed upon the inhabitants of the city where they live, to leave the worship of the true God, and go into idolatry, when there is full proof of this, and it is past all question that <p>such abomination is wrought among you; as idolatry is, which is an abomination to God, and ought to be so to all mankind, and especially to a people that profess his name. <p>(o) Maimon. Obede Cochabim, c. 4. sect. 3. 6. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">Then shalt <span class="cverse3">{h}</span> thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, <i>if it be</i> truth, <i>and</i> the thing certain, <i>that</i> such abomination is wrought among you;</span><p>(h) Which are appointed to see faults punished.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 14, 15.</span> - After due inquiry, if it was found that such a thing had really been done in any of their cities, the extreme penalty was to be inflicted on the city and all its inhabitants - all were to be destroyed. <span class="cmt_word">Smite... with the edge of the sword</span>; literally, <span class="accented">with the mouth of the sword</span>, as biting and devouring like a ravenous beast - a phrase for utter destruction. Deuteronomy 13:14<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/deuteronomy/13.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>The third case is that of a town that had been led away to idolatry. "If thou shalt hear in one of thy cities." בּאחת, not de una, of one, which שׁמע with בּ never can mean, and does not mean even in <a href="/job/26-14.htm">Job 26:14</a>. The thought is not that they would hear in one city about another, as though one city had the oversight over another; but there is an inversion in the sentence, "if thou hear, that in one of thy cities...worthless men have risen up, and led the inhabitants astray to serve strange gods." לאמר introduces the substance of what is heard, which follows in <a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14</a>. יצא merely signifies to rise up, to go forth. מקּרבּך, out of the midst of the people. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../deuteronomy/13-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Deuteronomy 13:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 13:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../deuteronomy/13-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Deuteronomy 13:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 13:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>