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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Deuteronomy 13 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/deuteronomy/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Deuteronomy 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/12.htm" title="Deuteronomy 12">◄</a> Deuteronomy 13 <a href="../deuteronomy/14.htm" title="Deuteronomy 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/deuteronomy/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Worshiping Other Gods</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The <span class="name">Lord</span> your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>It is the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You must certainly put them to death. Your hand must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Stone them to death, because they tried to turn you away from the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If you hear it said about one of the towns the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God is giving you to live in <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>that troublemakers have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known), <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD, often by totally destroying them.">a</a></sup></span> both its people and its livestock. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and none of the condemned things <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD, often by totally destroying them.">b</a></sup></span> are to be found in your hands. Then the <span class="name">Lord</span> will turn from his fierce anger, will show you mercy, and will have compassion on you. He will increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your ancestors— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>because you obey the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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