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Deuteronomy 13:8-18

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8 1you shall not yield to him or listen to him; 2and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.
9 "3But you shall surely kill him; 4your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
10 "So you shall stone him to death because he has sought 5to seduce you from the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
11 "Then 6all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
12 "If you hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you to live in, anyone saying that
13 some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, '7Let us go and serve other gods ' (whom you have not known ),
14 then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,
15 8you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword.
16 "9Then you shall gather all its booty into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its booty with fire as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a 10ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.
17 "Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the LORD may turn from 11His burning anger and 12show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and 13make you increase, just 14as He has sworn to your fathers,
18 if you will listen to the voice of the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 13:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 13

In this chapter the Israelites are taught how to discern a false prophet, shun and punish him, De 13:1-5, what to do with enticers to idolatry, not only not to consent to them, but, without favour and affection to them, endeavour to bring them to just punishment, and be the first that should inflict it on them, De 13:6-11 and how to behave towards a city drawn into idolatry, as to inquire the truth of it; then make war against it; destroy all in it, men, women, children, and cattle; and burn the spoil of it, and suffer not anything at all belonging to it to cleave unto them, De 13:12-18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 14

  • 1. Proverbs 1:10
  • 2. Deuteronomy 7:2
  • 3. Deuteronomy 13:5
  • 4. Leviticus 24:14; Deuteronomy 17:7
  • 5. Deuteronomy 13:5
  • 6. Deuteronomy 19:20
  • 7. Deuteronomy 13:2
  • 8. Deuteronomy 13:5
  • 9. Deuteronomy 7:25, 26
  • 10. Joshua 8:28; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 49:2
  • 11. Exodus 32:12; Numbers 25:4
  • 12. Deuteronomy 30:3
  • 13. Deuteronomy 7:13
  • 14. Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4, 24; Genesis 28:14

Footnotes 7

  • [a] Lit "with stones so that he dies"
  • [b] Lit "slaves"
  • [c] Or "putting it under the ban"
  • [d] Lit "mound"
  • [e] Or "for"
  • [f] Lit "to keep"
  • [g] Lit "to do"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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