不可拜假神
1「如果你們中間出現了先知或解夢的人，要顯神蹟奇事給你們看， 2勸你們隨從、供奉不認識的其他神明，即使他們顯的神蹟奇事應驗了， 3你們也不可聽從他們。因為這是你們的上帝耶和華在試驗你們，要看看你們是否全心全意地愛祂。 4你們要跟從你們的上帝耶和華，敬畏祂，遵守祂的誡命，聽從祂的話，事奉祂，倚靠祂。 5必須處死那些先知或解夢的人，因為他們慫恿你們背叛你們的上帝耶和華、偏離祂吩咐你們當走的道路。你們的上帝耶和華曾帶你們離開埃及，救贖你們脫離奴役。你們必須清除你們當中的邪惡。
6「如果你們的親兄弟、兒女、愛妻或摯友暗中引誘你們去拜你們和你們祖先都不認識的其他神明， 7引誘你們去拜你們周圍各族的神明，或在附近或遠在天邊， 8你們不可遷就、聽從他們，不可憐惜他們，不可放過或包庇他們。 9必須處死他們。你們要首先下手，然後眾人一起打死他們。 10你們要用石頭打死他們，因為他們企圖使你們背棄你們的上帝耶和華，祂曾把你們從受奴役之地埃及領出來。 11這樣，所有以色列人聽了就會害怕，必無人再敢在你們中間做這種惡事。
12-13「在你們的上帝耶和華將要賜給你們居住的各城中，如果你們聽說某城裡有惡人引誘城中的居民偏離正路，唆使他們去供奉你們不認識的其他神明， 14你們要認真查明真相。如果傳聞屬實，你們當中確有此惡行， 15你們一定要用刀殺光那城中的居民和牲畜。 16你們要把城中的財物堆在廣場中心，然後放火焚燒那城和城中的財物，作為燔祭獻給你們的上帝耶和華。城要永遠荒廢，不可重建。 17-18你們不可保留任何應當被毀滅的東西，這樣耶和華就不再向你們發怒，轉而施恩憐憫你們。
「只要你們遵守我今天吩咐你們的一切誡命，做耶和華視為正的事，祂必按照祂對你們祖先所起的誓，憐憫你們，使你們人丁興旺。
Worshiping Other Gods
In Hebrew texts 13:1-18 is numbered 13:2-19. 1If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, 2and 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,” 3you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the Lord 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 Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
6If 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, 7gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them. 9You 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. 10Stone them to death, because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.
12If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord your God is giving you to live in 13that 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), 14then 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, 15you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely,13:15 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. both its people and its livestock. 16You 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 Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt, 17and none of the condemned things13:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord 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— 18because you obey the Lord your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.
