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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 13:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 13:6 |
Strong Concordance |
If thy brother [0251], the son [01121] of thy mother [0517], or thy son [01121], or thy daughter [01323], or the wife [0802] of thy bosom [02436], or thy friend [07453], which is as thine own soul [05315], entice [05496] thee secretly [05643], saying [0559], Let us go [03212] and serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], which thou hast not known [03045], thou, nor thy fathers [01]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
WITHOUT REGARD TO NEARNESS OF RELATION. (Deu 13:6-18)
If thy brother . . . entice thee secretly--This term being applied very loosely in all Eastern countries (Gen 20:13), other expressions are added to intimate that no degree of kindred, however intimate, should be allowed to screen an enticer to idolatry, to conceal his crime, or protect his person. Piety and duty must overcome affection or compassion, and an accusation must be lodged before a magistrate. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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; |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The son of thy mother - This is added, to restrain the signification of the word brother, which is often used generally for one near a - kin, and to express the nearness of the relation, the mother's, side being usually the ground of the most fervent affection. Thy daughter - Thy piety must overcome both thy affection, and thy compassion to the weaker sex. The father and mother are here omitted, because they are sufficiently contained in the former examples. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| If thy brother - or thy son - The teacher of idolatry was to be put to death; and so strict was this order that a man must neither spare nor conceal his brother, son, daughter, wife, nor friend, because this was the highest offense that could be committed against God, and the most destructive to society; hence the severest laws were enacted against it. |
13 And it came to pass, when God [0430] caused me to wander [08582] from my father's [01] house [01004], that I said [0559] unto her, This is thy kindness [02617] which thou shalt shew [06213] unto me; at every place [04725] whither we shall come [0935], say [0559] of me, He is my brother [0251].
6 If thy brother [0251], the son [01121] of thy mother [0517], or thy son [01121], or thy daughter [01323], or the wife [0802] of thy bosom [02436], or thy friend [07453], which is as thine own soul [05315], entice [05496] thee secretly [05643], saying [0559], Let us go [03212] and serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], which thou hast not known [03045], thou, nor thy fathers [01];
7 Namely, of the gods [0430] of the people [05971] which are round about [05439] you, nigh [07138] unto thee, or far off [07350] from thee, from the one end [07097] of the earth [0776] even unto the other end [07097] of the earth [0776];
8 Thou shalt not consent [014] unto him, nor hearken [08085] unto him; neither shall thine eye [05869] pity [02347] him, neither shalt thou spare [02550], neither shalt thou conceal [03680] him:
9 But thou shalt surely [02026] kill [02026] him; thine hand [03027] shall be first [07223] upon him to put him to death [04191], and afterwards [0314] the hand [03027] of all the people [05971].
10 And thou shalt stone [05619] him with stones [068], that he die [04191]; because he hath sought [01245] to thrust thee away [05080] from the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which brought thee out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], from the house [01004] of bondage [05650].
11 And all Israel [03478] shall hear [08085], and fear [03372], and shall do [06213] no more [03254] any [01697] such wickedness [07451] as this is among [07130] you.
12 If thou shalt hear [08085] say in one [0259] of thy cities [05892], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath given [05414] thee to dwell [03427] there, saying [0559],
13 Certain men [0582], the children [01121] of Belial [01100], are gone out [03318] from among [07130] you, and have withdrawn [05080] the inhabitants [03427] of their city [05892], saying [0559], Let us go [03212] and serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], which ye have not known [03045];
14 Then shalt thou enquire [01875], and make search [02713], and ask [07592] diligently [03190]; and, behold, if it be truth [0571], and the thing [01697] certain [03559], that such [02063] abomination [08441] is wrought [06213] among [07130] you;
15 Thou shalt surely [05221] smite [05221] the inhabitants [03427] of that city [05892] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], destroying it utterly [02763], and all that is therein, and the cattle [0929] thereof, with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
16 And thou shalt gather [06908] all the spoil [07998] of it into the midst [08432] of the street [07339] thereof, and shalt burn [08313] with fire [0784] the city [05892], and all the spoil [07998] thereof every whit [03632], for the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: and it shall be an heap [08510] for ever [05769]; it shall not be built again [01129].
17 And there shall cleave [01692] nought [03972] of the cursed thing [02764] to thine hand [03027]: that the LORD [03068] may turn [07725] from the fierceness [02740] of his anger [0639], and shew [05414] thee mercy [07356], and have compassion [07355] upon thee, and multiply [07235] thee, as he hath sworn [07650] unto thy fathers [01];
18 When thou shalt hearken [08085] to the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to keep [08104] all his commandments [04687] which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], to do [06213] that which is right [03477] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].