Idolaters to Be Put to Death
If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, Jer 23:25-281Jn 4:1Jer 29:81Ki 13:18Isa 9:15Jer 27:92Th 2:9Luk 6:26 and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” 2Co 11:13-152Th 2:9-11Deu 13:6Deu 18:22Jer 28:9Mat 24:24Mat 7:22-23Rev 13:13-14 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deu 8:21Co 11:19Psa 66:101Jn 4:1Deu 6:52Th 2:11Isa 8:20Mat 24:24 You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him. Col 1:10Deu 10:201Co 6:17Jer 7:232Ch 34:312Ki 23:3Deu 30:20Mic 6:8
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you. 1 1Co 5:13Deu 18:20Deu 13:10Deu 17:7Deu 19:19Deu 22:21Deu 24:7Jer 14:15
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, 2 or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, Deu 17:2-71Jn 2:26-272Pe 2:1Eph 4:14Mic 7:5-7Pro 18:241Ki 11:5-71Sa 18:1 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. Deu 19:13Pro 1:10Deu 7:16Ezk 9:5-61Jn 5:21Exo 20:3Ezk 5:11Gal 1:8-9
Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people. Act 7:58Deu 17:2-7Jhn 8:7Luk 14:26Mat 10:37 Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Jos 7:252Ch 24:21Deu 21:21Exo 20:2Lev 20:2Lev 20:27Lev 24:14-16Lev 24:23 Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you. Deu 19:20Deu 17:131Ti 5:20Pro 19:25Pro 21:11
Idolatrous Cities to Be Destroyed
If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said Jdg 20:1-17Jos 22:11-34 that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known), 1Jn 2:192Co 6:15Deu 13:2Deu 13:61Ki 21:101Ki 21:131Sa 2:121Sa 25:17 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you, Deu 17:41Ti 5:19Isa 11:3-4Jhn 7:24Deu 10:18Num 35:30 you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction 3all its people and livestock. Deu 7:2Exo 22:20Lev 27:28Deu 2:34Deu 7:16Exo 23:24Jdg 20:48Jos 6:17-21
And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt. Jer 49:2Jos 8:28Isa 17:1Isa 25:2Jos 6:24Jos 6:26Mic 1:6Num 21:2-3
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers, Deu 7:26Gen 26:24Gen 26:4Jos 7:26Deu 30:3Gen 28:14Jos 6:181Co 16:22 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God. Deu 12:28Deu 12:25Mat 7:21Mat 7:24Deu 12:32Mat 6:33Psa 119:6