1-5 Enticers to idolatry 6-8 how near soever unto thee 9-11 are to be stoned to death 12-18 Idolatrous cities are not to be spared

a prophet That is, one pretending to the divine inspiration and authority of the prophetic office, or a dreamer of dreams, one who pretends that some deity has spoken to him in the night season, and giveth thee a sign, or, what appears to be a miraculous proof of his mission, or a wonder, mopeth??, some portentous sign, such as an eclipse, when he, who knew when it would happen, might predict to the people, who knew nothing of the matter, and thereby accredit his pretensions. But no pretended miracles must be admitted as a proof that the people might violate the first and great commandment. 1Ki 13:18 Isa 9:15 Jer 6:13 23:11 Eze 13:2,3,23 Zec 13:4 Mt 7:15 24:11 Lu 6:26 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 4:1

a dreamer Jer 23:25-28 27:9 29:8,24 Zec 10:2

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;

De 18:22 Ex 7:22 1Ki 13:3 Jer 28:9 Mt 7:22,23 24:24 2Co 11:13-15 2Th 2:9-11 Re 13:13,14

3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

hearken Isa 8:20 Ac 17:11 Eph 4:14 1Jo 4:1

proveth De 8:2 Ps 66:10 81:7 Mt 24:24 1Co 11:19 2Th 2:11 1Jo 2:19 4:4 Re 13:14

ye love the Lord your God De 6:5 2Co 8:8

4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

walk De 6:13 2Ki 23:3 2Ch 34:31 Mic 6:8 Lu 1:6 Col 1:10 1Th 4:1,2

and obey Jer 7:23

and cleave De 10:20 30:20 Ro 6:13 1Co 6:17

5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you 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 midst of thee.

prophet De 18:20 1Ki 18:40 Isa 9:14,15 28:17,18 Jer 14:15 28:15-17 29:21,22

Zec 13:2 re 19:20
spoken [heb] spoken revolt against the Lord
turn you De 13:10 7:4 Jer 50:6 Ac 13:8 2Ti 4:4,5

put the evil away from the midst De 17:7 19:19 22:21,24 24:7 1Co 5:13 Heb 12:14,15

6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

thy brother De 17:2,3 28:54 Ge 16:5 Pr 5:20 18:24 Mic 7:5-7 Mt 12:48-50 2Co 5:16

which is 1Sa 18:1,3 20:17 2Sa 1:26

entice Job 31:27 Ga 2:4 Eph 4:14 Col 2:4 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 2:26,27 Re 12:9 13:14 20:3

which thou De 32:16-18 Jud 2:13 5:8 10:6 1Ki 11:5-7 2Ki 17:30,31

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 consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

consent Ex 20:3 Pr 1:10 Ga 1:8,9 1Jo 5:21

shall thine De 7:16 19:13 Eze 5:11 9:5,6

9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

But De 17:2-7 Mt 10:37 Lu 14:26

thine hand De 17:7 Joh 8:7 Ac 7:58

10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

stone him De 21:21 Le 20:2,27 24:14-16,23 Nu 15:35,36 Jos 7:25 2Ch 24:21

By this law, every Israelite was bound in conscience to inform against, to prosecute, and to assist at the execution of any one, even the nearest relation or friend, who attempted to persuade him to idolatry; yet it is observable that parents and husbands are not expressly mentioned in the list of those who were thus publicly accused.--Scott.

which brought Ex 20:2

bondage [heb] bondmen

11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

De 17:13 19:20 Pr 19:25 21:11 1Ti 5:20

12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Jos 22:11 Jud 20:1,2

13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

the children. or, naughty men Jud 19:22 20:13 1Sa 2:12 10:27 25:17,25 2Sa 16:7 20:1 23:6 1Ki 21:10,13 2Ch 13:7 Joh 8:44 2Co 6:15 1Jo 3:10

Belial Belial is derived by some from {beli}, not, and al, over, i.e, one so proud and envious as not to bear a superior; by others, from {beli}, not, and ol, a yoke, i.e. a lawless, ungovernable person, () `lawless men,' as the LXX render. It is, however, more probably derived from {beli}, not, and {yaal}, profit, i. e., a worthless person, good for nothing to himself or others, and capable of nothing but mischief.

are gone De 4:19 2Ki 17:21 1Jo 2:19 Jude 1:19

Let us De 13:2,6

14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

De 17:4 10:18 Nu 35:30 Isa 11:3,4 Joh 7:24 1Ti 5:19

15 Thou shalt 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.

destroying it utterly De 2:34 7:2,16 Ex 22:20 23:24 Le 27:28 Jos 6:17-21,24 Jud 20:48 Re 17:16 18:18-24 19:2,3

16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

burn with Jos 6:24

an heap Nu 21:2,3 Jos 6:26 8:28 Isa 17:1 25:2 Jer 49:2 Mic 1:6

17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

cleave De 7:26 Jos 6:18 7:1

cursed. or, devoted Le 27:28,29 1Co 16:22

the Lord Jos 6:26 7:26 22:20 Ps 78:38

and shew Ex 20:6 La 3:32

and multiply Eze 37:26

as he hath Ge 22:16,17 26:4,24 28:14

18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

to keep De 12:25,28,32 Ps 119:6 Mt 6:33 7:21,24