- Deuteronomy 12:29
כִּי־יַכְרִית יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לָרֶשֶׁת אוֹתָם מִפָּנֶיךָ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֹתָם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְּאַרְצָם׃
When the ETERNAL your God has cut down before you the nations that you are about to enter and dispossess, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their land,
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אֲרֵי יְשֵׁיצֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת עַמְמַיָּא דְּאַתְּ עָלֵיל לְתַמָּן לְמֵירַת יָתְהוֹן מִן קֳדָמָךְ וְתֵירַת יָתְהוֹן וְתִתֵּיב בַּאֲרַעְהוֹן׃
When Adonoy, your God, will have eliminated the nations whom you are coming there to inherit, from before you; and you inherit them and dwell in their land;
- Deuteronomy 12:30
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תִּנָּקֵשׁ אַחֲרֵיהֶם אַחֲרֵי הִשָּׁמְדָם מִפָּנֶיךָ וּפֶן־תִּדְרֹשׁ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר אֵיכָה יַעַבְדוּ הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־כֵּן גַּם־אָנִי׃
beware of being lured into their ways after they have been wiped out before you! Do not inquire about their gods, saying, “How did those nations worship their gods? I too will follow those practices.”
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אִסְתְּמַר לָךְ דִּלְמָא תִתְּקֵיל בָּתְרֵיהוֹן בָּתַר דְּיִשְׁתֵּיצוֹן מִן קֳדָמָךְ וְדִלְמָא תִתְבַּע לְטָעֲוָתְהוֹן לְמֵימַר אֵיכְדֵין פָּלְחִין עַמְמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין יָת טָעֲוָתְהוֹן וְאַעֲבֵיד כֵּן אַף אֲנָא׃
Look out for yourself, lest you are torn apart along with them, after they have been annihilated before you, and lest you inquire about their gods [idols], saying, ‘‘How did these nations worship their gods, let me do so, too.’’
- Deuteronomy 12:31
לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂה כֵן לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי כׇל־תּוֹעֲבַת יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵא עָשׂוּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם כִּי גַם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂרְפוּ בָאֵשׁ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם׃
You shall not act thus toward the ETERNAL your God, for they perform for their gods every abhorrent act that GOD detests; they even offer up their sons and daughters in fire to their gods.
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לָא תַעֲבֵיד כֵּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אֲרֵי כָל דִּמְרַחַק קֳדָם יְיָ דְּשָׂנֵי עָבְדִין לְטָעֲוָתְהוֹן אֲרֵי אַף יָת בְּנֵיהוֹן וְיָת בְּנָתְהוֹן מוֹקְדִין בְּנוּרָא לְטָעֲוָתְהוֹן׃
Do not do so to [before] Adonoy, your God, because whatever is abominated by [distanced before] God, what He hates, they have done for their gods [idols]; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in fire to their gods [idols].
- Deuteronomy 13:1
אֵת כׇּל־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם אֹתוֹ תִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת לֹא־תֹסֵף עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ׃
Be careful to observe only that which I enjoin upon you: neither add to it nor take away from it.
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יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמָא דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד יָתְכוֹן יָתֵיהּ תִּטְּרוּן לְמֶעֱבַד לָא תֵיסְפוּן עֲלוֹהִי וְלָא תִמְנְעוּן מִנֵּיהּ׃
Everything that I am commanding you—be careful to fulfill it; do not add to it and do not subtract from it.
- Deuteronomy 13:2
כִּי־יָקוּם בְּקִרְבְּךָ נָבִיא אוֹ חֹלֵם חֲלוֹם וְנָתַן אֵלֶיךָ אוֹת אוֹ מוֹפֵת׃
If there appears among you a prophet or a dream-diviner, who gives you a sign or a portent,
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אֲרֵי יְקוּם בֵּינָךְ נְבִיָּא אוֹ חָלֵים חֶלְמָא וְיִתֵּין לָךְ אָת אוֹ מוֹפָת׃
If a prophet arises among you or a dreamer of a dream, and he gives you an omen or a miracle,
- Deuteronomy 13:3
וּבָא הָאוֹת וְהַמּוֹפֵת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אֵלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר נֵלְכָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יְדַעְתָּם וְנׇעׇבְדֵם׃
saying, “Let us follow and worship another god”—whom you have not experienced—even if the sign or portent named to you comes true,
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וְיֵיתֵי אָתָא וּמוֹפְתָא דְּמַלֵּיל עִמָּךְ לְמֵימַר נְהָךְ בָּתַר טָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא דְּלָא יְדַעְתָּנוּן וְנִפְלְחִנִּין׃
And the omen or the miracle happens—the one he told you about—saying, ‘‘Let us go after other gods [idols of other nations], that you do not know, and let us serve them.’’
- Deuteronomy 13:4
לֹא תִשְׁמַע אֶל־דִּבְרֵי הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא אוֹ אֶל־חוֹלֵם הַחֲלוֹם הַהוּא כִּי מְנַסֶּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶתְכֶם לָדַעַת הֲיִשְׁכֶם אֹהֲבִים אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בְּכׇל־לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכׇל־נַפְשְׁכֶם׃
do not heed the words of that prophet or that dream-diviner. For the ETERNAL your God is testing you to see whether you really love the ETERNAL your God with all your heart and soul.
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לָא תְקַבֵּיל לְפִתְגָמֵי נְבִיָּא הַהוּא אוֹ מִן חָלֵים חֶלְמָא הַהוּא אֲרֵי מְנַסֵּי יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן יָתְכוֹן לְמִדַּע הֲאִיתֵיכוֹן רָחֲמִין יָת יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן בְּכָל לִבְּכוֹן וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁכוֹן׃
Do not listen to [accept] the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of a dream, because Adonoy, your God, is testing you to know whether you love Adonoy, your God, wholeheartedly and with your entire beings.
- Deuteronomy 13:5
אַחֲרֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֹתוֹ תִירָאוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתָיו תִּשְׁמֹרוּ וּבְקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ וְאֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹדוּ וּבוֹ תִדְבָּקוּן׃
The ETERNAL your God is the One whom you should follow, whom you should revere, whose commandments you should observe, whose orders you should heed, whom you should worship, and to whom you should hold fast.
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בָּתַר פּוּלְחָנָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן תְּהָכוּן וְיָתֵיהּ תִּדְחֲלוּן וְיָת פִּקּוֹדוֹהִי תִּטְּרוּן וּלְמֵימְרֵיהּ תְּקַבְּלוּן וּקְדָמוֹהִי תִּפְלְחוּן וּלְדַחְלְתֵיהּ תִּתְקָרְבוּן׃
After [the fear of] Adonoy, your God, are you to go, fear Him, keep His commandments, heed His voice [accept His word], serve [before] Him, and cleave to [the fear of] Him.
- Deuteronomy 13:6
וְהַנָּבִיא הַהוּא אוֹ חֹלֵם הַחֲלוֹם הַהוּא יוּמָת כִּי דִבֶּר־סָרָה עַל־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם ׀ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וְהַפֹּדְךָ מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים לְהַדִּיחֲךָ מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בָּהּ וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ׃
As for that prophet or dream-diviner, they shall be put to death for having urged disloyalty to the ETERNAL your God—who freed you from the land of Egypt and who redeemed you from the house of bondage—to make you stray from the path that the ETERNAL your God commanded you to follow. Thus you will sweep out evil from your midst.
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וּנְבִיָּא הַהוּא אוֹ חָלֵים חֶלְמָא הַהוּא יִתְקְטִיל אֲרֵי מַלֵּיל סָטְיָא עַל יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן דְּאַפֵּיק יָתְכוֹן מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם וּדְפַרְקָךְ מִבֵּית עַבְדּוּתָא לְאַטְעָיוּתָךְ מִן אוֹרְחָא דְּפַקְּדָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לִמְהָךְ בַּהּ וּתְפַלֵּי עָבֵיד דְּבִישׁ מִבֵּינָךְ׃
And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream is to be executed, for he has uttered a fabrication about Adonoy, your God—Who took you out of the land of Egypt, and Who redeemed you from the house of bondage—to mislead you from the way that Adonoy, your God, commanded you to go upon, and you will eliminate the evil [doers] from within you.
- Deuteronomy 13:7
כִּי יְסִיתְךָ אָחִיךָ בֶן־אִמֶּךָ אוֹ־בִנְךָ אוֹ־בִתְּךָ אוֹ ׀ אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶךָ אוֹ רֵעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר כְּנַפְשְׁךָ בַּסֵּתֶר לֵאמֹר נֵלְכָה וְנַעַבְדָה אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַעְתָּ אַתָּה וַאֲבֹתֶיךָ׃
If your brother, your own mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your closest friend entices you in secret, saying, “Come let us worship other gods”—whom neither you nor your ancestors have experienced—
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אֲרֵי יִמְלְכִנָּךְ אֲחוּךְ בַּר אִמָּךְ אוֹ בְרָךְ אוֹ בְרַתָּךְ אוֹ אִתַּת קְיָמָךְ אוֹ חַבְרָךְ דִּכְנַפְשָׁךְ בְּסִתְרָא לְמֵימַר נְהָךְ וְנִפְלַח לְטָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא דְּלָא יְדַעְתָּא אַתְּ וַאֲבָהָתָךְ׃
If one shall incite you, your brother—son of your mother—or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom [covenant], or your neighbor who is your soul mate, clandestinely, saying, ‘‘Let us go and serve other gods [idols of other nations]’’ whom you never knew—neither you nor your forefathers.
- Deuteronomy 13:8
מֵאֱלֹהֵי הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֵיכֶם הַקְּרֹבִים אֵלֶיךָ אוֹ הָרְחֹקִים מִמֶּךָּ מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ׃
from among the gods of the peoples around you, either near to you or distant, anywhere from one end of the earth to the other:
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מִטָּעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא דִּבְסַחְרָנֵיכוֹן דְּקָרִיבִין לָךְ אוֹ דְּרַחִיקִין מִנָּךְ מִסְּיָפֵי אַרְעָא וְעַד סְיָפֵי אַרְעָא׃
From the gods [idols] of the nations that surround you, who are near you or at a distance from you, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the earth,
- Deuteronomy 13:9
לֹא־תֹאבֶה לוֹ וְלֹא תִשְׁמַע אֵלָיו וְלֹא־תָחוֹס עֵינְךָ עָלָיו וְלֹא־תַחְמֹל וְלֹא־תְכַסֶּה עָלָיו׃
do not assent or give heed to any of them. Show no pity or compassion, and do not cover up the matter;
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לָא תֵיבֵי לֵיהּ וְלָא תְקַבֵּיל מִנֵּיהּ וְלָא תְחוּס עֵינָךְ עֲלוֹהִי וְלָא תְרַחֵים וְלָא תְכַסֵּי עֲלוֹהִי׃
Do not be favorbly inclined towards him, and do not listen to [accept from] him; and do not view him compassionately, and do not take pity and do not cover for him.
- Deuteronomy 13:10
כִּי הָרֹג תַּהַרְגֶנּוּ יָדְךָ תִּהְיֶה־בּוֹ בָרִאשׁוֹנָה לַהֲמִיתוֹ וְיַד כׇּל־הָעָם בָּאַחֲרֹנָה׃
but take that person’s life. Let your hand be the first to put them to death, followed by the hand of the rest of the people.
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אֲרֵי מִקְטָל תִּקְטְלִנֵּיהּ יְדָךְ תְּהֵי בֵיהּ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא לְמִקְטְלֵיהּ וִידָא דְּכָל עַמָּא בְּבָתְרֵיתָא׃
For you must surely execute him. Let your hand strike him first to execute him, and the hand of the entire people afterward.
- Deuteronomy 13:11
וּסְקַלְתּוֹ בָאֲבָנִים וָמֵת כִּי בִקֵּשׁ לְהַדִּיחֲךָ מֵעַל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים׃
Stone them to death for having sought to make you stray from the ETERNAL your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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וְתִרְגְּמִנֵּיהּ בְּאַבְנַיָּא וִימוּת אֲרֵי בְעָא לְאַטְעָיוּתָךְ מִדַּחְלְתָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ דְּאַפְּקָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עַבְדּוּתָא׃
And you are to stone him with stones so that he dies, for he sought to mislead you from [the fear of] Adonoy, your God, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 13:12
וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּן וְלֹא־יוֹסִפוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה בְּקִרְבֶּךָ׃
Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid, and such evil things will not be done again in your midst.
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וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁמְעוּן וְיִדְחֲלוּן וְלָא יֵיסְפוּן לְמֶעֱבַד כְּפִתְגָמָא בִישָׁא הָדֵין בֵּינָךְ׃
And all of Yisroel will hear and will fear, and they will not proceed to do so evil a thing as this, within you.
- Deuteronomy 13:13
כִּי־תִשְׁמַע בְּאַחַת עָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לָשֶׁבֶת שָׁם לֵאמֹר׃
If you hear it said, of one of the towns that the ETERNAL your God is giving you to dwell in,
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי תִשְׁמַע בַּחֲדָא מִן קִרְוָךְ דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ לְמִתַּב תַּמָּן לְמֵימַר׃
If you hear in one of your cities that Adonoy, your God, is giving you in which to settle, the following:
- Deuteronomy 13:14
יָצְאוּ אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵי־בְלִיַּעַל מִקִּרְבֶּךָ וַיַּדִּיחוּ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי עִירָם לֵאמֹר נֵלְכָה וְנַעַבְדָה אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יְדַעְתֶּם׃
that some scoundrels from among you have gone and subverted the inhabitants of their town, saying, “Come let us worship other gods”—whom you have not experienced—
Targum Onkelos
נְפַקוּ גּוּבְרִין בְּנֵי רִשְׁעָא מִבֵּינָךְ וְאַטְעִיאוּ יָת יָתְבֵי קַרְתְּהוֹן לְמֵימַר נְהָךְ וְנִפְלַח לְטָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא דְּלָא יְדַעְתּוּן׃
‘‘Men have gone out—unscrupulous [evil]—from among you, and they have misled the inhabitants of their city by saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods [idols of other nations]’ that you do not know.’’
- Deuteronomy 13:15
וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת בְּקִרְבֶּךָ׃
you shall investigate and inquire and interrogate thoroughly. If it is true, the fact is established—that abhorrent thing was perpetrated in your midst—
Targum Onkelos
וְתִתְבַּע וְתִבְדּוֹק וְתִשְׁאַל יָאוּת וְהָא קוּשְׁטָא כֵּיוָן פִּתְגָמָא אִתְעֲבֵידַת תּוֹעֵיבְתָא הָדָא בֵּינָךְ׃
You must investigate, inquire, and interrogate thoroughly; and if in fact the report is true and accurate—this abomination was committed among you.
- Deuteronomy 13:16
הַכֵּה תַכֶּה אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא לְפִי־חָרֶב הַחֲרֵם אֹתָהּ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ וְאֶת־בְּהֶמְתָּהּ לְפִי־חָרֶב׃
put the inhabitants of that town to the sword and put its cattle to the sword. Doom it and all that is in it to destruction:
Targum Onkelos
מִמְחָא תִמְחֵי יָת יָתְבֵי קַרְתָּא הַהִיא לְפִתְגָם דְּחָרֶב גַּמַּר יָתַהּ וְיָת כָּל דְּבַהּ וְיָת בְּעִירַהּ לְפִתְגָם דְּחָרֶב׃
You must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city by the sword; annihilate it and everything that is in it, and its livestock by the sword.
- Deuteronomy 13:17
וְאֶת־כׇּל־שְׁלָלָהּ תִּקְבֹּץ אֶל־תּוֹךְ רְחֹבָהּ וְשָׂרַפְתָּ בָאֵשׁ אֶת־הָעִיר וְאֶת־כׇּל־שְׁלָלָהּ כָּלִיל לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהָיְתָה תֵּל עוֹלָם לֹא תִבָּנֶה עוֹד׃
gather all its spoil into the open square, and burn the town and all its spoil as a holocaust to the ETERNAL your God. And it shall remain an everlasting ruin, never to be rebuilt.
Targum Onkelos
וְיָת כָּל עֲדָאַהּ תִּכְנוֹשׁ לְגוֹ פְּתָאַהּ וְתוֹקֵיד בְּנוּרָא יָת קַרְתָּא וְיָת כָּל עֲדָאַהּ גְּמִיר קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וּתְהֵי תֵּל חָרוּב לְעָלַם לָא תִתְבְּנֵי עוֹד׃
And all its booty are you to collect within its plaza, and you are to burn in fire the city and all its booty—totally—for [before] Adonoy, your God; and it will be a ruin forever, it is never to be rebuilt.
- Deuteronomy 13:18
וְלֹא־יִדְבַּק בְּיָדְךָ מְאוּמָה מִן־הַחֵרֶם לְמַעַן יָשׁוּב יְהֹוָה מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְנָתַן־לְךָ רַחֲמִים וְרִחַמְךָ וְהִרְבֶּךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ׃
Let nothing that has been doomed stick to your hand, in order that GOD may turn from a blazing anger and show you compassion, and in compassion increase you as promised on oath to your fathers—
Targum Onkelos
וְלָא יִדְבַּק בִּידָךְ מִדָּעַם מִן חֶרְמָא בְּדִיל דִּיתוּב יְיָ מִתְּקוֹף רוּגְזֵיהּ וְיִתֵּין לָךְ רַחֲמִין וִירַחֵים עֲלָךְ וְיַסְגֵּינָךְ כְּמָא דְּקַיֵּים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ׃
Let nothing of the cherem cling to your hand; so that Adonoy withdraws His raising fury and grant you mercy, and He will be merciful toward you and multiply you as He swore to your forefathers
- Deuteronomy 13:19
כִּי תִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כׇּל־מִצְוֺתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לַעֲשׂוֹת הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
for you will be heeding the ETERNAL your God, obeying all the commandments that I enjoin upon you this day, doing what is right in the sight of the ETERNAL your God.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי תְקַבֵּיל לְמֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ לְמִטַּר יָת כָּל פִּקּוֹדוֹהִי דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד לָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין לְמֶעֱבַד דְּכָשַׁר קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ׃
When you heed the voice [accept the word] of Adonoy, your God, to guard all His commandments that I am commanding you today, to do the upright [proper before] in the eyes of Adonoy, your God.