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Jerusalem Fragments

Deuteronomy
Chapter 13

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Deuteronomy 12 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targums TOC Deuteronomy 14

Deuteronomy 13:1
JPS 13:1 All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
ONK 13:1 Every word I command you, that shall you observe to perform; you shall not add to it nor diminish from it.
PAL 13:1 Whatsoever I command you, that shall you observe to do; ye shall not add to it nor diminish from it.

Deuteronomy 13:2
JPS 13:2 If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams—and he give thee a sign or a wonder,
ONK 13:2 If there shall arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give a sign or a wonder,
PAL 13:2 When there may arise among you a false prophet, or a dreamer of a profane dream, and he give you a sign or a miracle,

Deuteronomy 13:3
JPS 13:3 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee—saying: 'Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them';
ONK 13:3 and the sign or wonder cometh to pass (yet), should he speak with thee, saying, Let us go after the gods of the Gentiles whom thou hast not known, and let us worship them;
PAL 13:3 and the sign or the miracle come to pass, (yet) because he spake with you, saying, Let us go after the gods of the peoples whom thou hast not known, and worship them,

Deuteronomy 13:4
JPS 13:4 thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God putteth you to proof, to know whether ye do love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
ONK 13:4 thou shalt not hearken to the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is proving you, to know whether you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
PAL 13:4 you shall not hearken to the words of that lying prophet, or his who hath dreamed that dream; for the Lord your God (thereby) trieth you, to know whether you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 13:5
JPS 13:5 After the LORD your God shall ye walk, and Him shall ye fear, and His commandments shall ye keep, and unto His voice shall ye hearken, and Him shall ye serve, and unto Him shall ye cleave.
ONK 13:5 You shall walk after the Lord your God; Him shall ye fear, and keep His commandments, and be obedient to His Word, and serve Him, and keep close to His fear.
PAL 13:5 You shall walk after the service of the Lord your God, and Him shall you fear, and keep His commandments, hearken to His word, pray before Him, and cleave unto His fear.

Deuteronomy 13:6
JPS 13:6 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
ONK 13:6 And that prophet, or dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; for he hath spoken perversions against the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Mizraim, and delivered you from the house of bondage, to make you go astray from the path in which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to walk; and so shalt thou put away the evil doer from the midst of thee.
PAL 13:6 And that prophet of lies, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be slain with the sword, because he had spoken perversity against the Lord your God,—who brought you out from the land of the Mizraee, and redeemed you from the house of the affliction of slaves,—to make you to go astray from the path which the Lord your God hath commanded you to walk in: so shall you bring down the doers of evil among you.

Deuteronomy 13:7
JPS 13:7 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that 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;
ONK 13:7 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy covenant,⁽²¹⁾ 21. Samaritan Version, "of thy love." or thy friend who is as thy soul, shall persuade thee in secret, saying: Let us go and worship the gods of the Gentiles whom thou hast not known, nor thy fathers,
PAL 13:7 When thy brother, the son of thy mother, when even the son of thy father, or thy own son, or thy daughter, or thy wife who reposeth with thee, or thy friend who is beloved as thy soul, shall give thee evil counsel, to make thee go astray, speaking out and saying, Let us go and worship the gods of the Gentiles, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known;
JER 13:7 When thy brother, the son of thy mother, thy son, thy daughter, or the wife who reposeth with thee, shall turn thee away.

Deuteronomy 13:8
JPS 13:8 of the gods of the peoples that 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;
ONK 13:8 gods of the nations round about you, nigh thee, or far off, from one end of the earth to the other;
PAL 13:8 of the idols of the seven nations who are near you round about, or of the rest of the nations who are far away from you, from one end of the earth to the other;

Deuteronomy 13:9
JPS 13:9 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;
ONK 13:9 thou shalt not consent to him, nor listen to his word, nor must thy eye have pity on him; thou shalt neither compassionate nor conceal him,
PAL 13:9 you shall not consent to them, nor hearken to him, neither shall your eye spare him or have compassion, nor shall you hide him in secret;

Deuteronomy 13:10
JPS 13:10 but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
ONK 13:10 but killing thou shalt kill him; thy hand shall be upon him the first to kill him, and afterwards the hand of all the people;
PAL 13:10 but killing you shall kill him; your hand shall be the first upon him to slay him, and afterwards the hand of all the people;

Deuteronomy 13:11
JPS 13:11 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to draw thee away from the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
ONK 13:11 and thou shalt stone him with stones that he die, because he sought to lead thee astray from the fear of the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Mizraim, from the house of bondage;
PAL 13:11 and you shall stone him that he die; because he sought to draw them away from the fear of the Lord thy God, who brought you out free from the land of Mizraim, from the house of the affliction of slaves.

Deuteronomy 13:12
JPS 13:12 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.
ONK 13:12 and all Israel will hear and be afraid, and not add to do this evil thing among thee.
PAL 13:12 And all Israel will hear and be afraid, and never more do according to that evil thing among you.

Deuteronomy 13:13
JPS 13:13 If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying:
ONK 13:13 If thou hear in one of the cities which the Lord thy God will give thee to dwell in, saying:
PAL 13:13 When, in one of your cities which the Lord your God will give you to dwell in, you hear it said that

Deuteronomy 13:14
JPS 13:14 'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known';
ONK 13:14 Men, sons of wickedness, have gone forth from among thee, and led away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and worship the gods of the nations which you have not known;
PAL 13:14 (certain) men of pride are drawing back from the doctrine of the Lord your God, or that even sages of your rabbins have gone forth and led away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and worship the gods of the nations which you have not known:

Deuteronomy 13:15
JPS 13:15 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 in the midst of thee;
ONK 13:15 then shalt thou seek and search out, and fairly inquire; and, behold, such a thing is the truth, and this abomination is being done among thee,
PAL 13:15 then search you out, and examine with witnesses, and make good inquiry; and, behold, if the thing be true and certain that this abomination hath been really done among you,

Deuteronomy 13:16
JPS 13:16 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.
ONK 13:16 thou shalt smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,
PAL 13:16 you shall smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, to destroy it utterly and whatever is therein, even its cattle, with the edge of the sword.

Deuteronomy 13:17
JPS 13:17 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the broad place thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto the LORD thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
ONK 13:17 and destroy it and all that is therein and its cattle by the edge of the sword; and thou shalt gather all the spoil of it together into the midst of its street, and burn the city and the whole spoil thereof with fire entirely before the Lord thy God, and it shall be a desolate heap for ever, it shall be builded no more;
PAL 13:17 You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of the street, and burn the city with fire, together with the whole of the spoil, before the Lord your God; and it shall be a desolate heap for ever, never to be builded again:

Deuteronomy 13:18
JPS 13:18 And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy 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;
ONK 13:18 and nought of the accursed thing shall cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn away His anger from thee, and show mercy upon thee, and be loving towards thee, and increase thee, as He sware unto thy fathers;
PAL 13:18 that the Lord may be turned from the fierceness of His anger, and may show His mercy upon you, and love you, and multiply you, as He hath sworn to your fathers.

Deuteronomy 13:19
JPS 13:19 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.
ONK 13:19 when thou shalt be obedient to the Word of the Lord thy God, to observe all His commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right before the Lord thy God.
PAL 13:19 So be ye obedient to the Word of the Lord your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you this day, that you may do what is right before the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targums TOC Deuteronomy 14

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Deuteronomy 13:1
JPS	13:1	All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
ONK	13:1	Every word I command you, that shall you observe to perform; you shall not add to it nor diminish from it.
PAL	13:1	Whatsoever I command you, that shall you observe to do; ye shall not add to it nor diminish from it.


Deuteronomy 13:2
JPS	13:2	If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams—and he give thee a sign or a wonder,
ONK	13:2	If there shall arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give a sign or a wonder,
PAL	13:2	When there may arise among you a false prophet, or a dreamer of a profane dream, and he give you a sign or a miracle,


Deuteronomy 13:3
JPS	13:3	and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee—saying: 'Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them';
ONK	13:3	and the sign or wonder cometh to pass (yet), should he speak with thee, saying, Let us go after the gods of the Gentiles whom thou hast not known, and let us worship them;
PAL	13:3	and the sign or the miracle come to pass, (yet) because he spake with you, saying, Let us go after the gods of the peoples whom thou hast not known, and worship them,


Deuteronomy 13:4
JPS	13:4	thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God putteth you to proof, to know whether ye do love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
ONK	13:4	thou shalt not hearken to the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is proving you, to know whether you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
PAL	13:4	you shall not hearken to the words of that lying prophet, or his who hath dreamed that dream; for the Lord your God (thereby) trieth you, to know whether you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.


Deuteronomy 13:5
JPS	13:5	After the LORD your God shall ye walk, and Him shall ye fear, and His commandments shall ye keep, and unto His voice shall ye hearken, and Him shall ye serve, and unto Him shall ye cleave.
ONK	13:5	You shall walk after the Lord your God; Him shall ye fear, and keep His commandments, and be obedient to His Word, and serve Him, and keep close to His fear.
PAL	13:5	You shall walk after the service of the Lord your God, and Him shall you fear, and keep His commandments, hearken to His word, pray before Him, and cleave unto His fear.


Deuteronomy 13:6
JPS	13:6	And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
ONK	13:6	And that prophet, or dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; for he hath spoken perversions against the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Mizraim, and delivered you from the house of bondage, to make you go astray from the path in which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to walk; and so shalt thou put away the evil doer from the midst of thee.
PAL	13:6	And that prophet of lies, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be slain with the sword, because he had spoken perversity against the Lord your God,—who brought you out from the land of the Mizraee, and redeemed you from the house of the affliction of slaves,—to make you to go astray from the path which the Lord your God hath commanded you to walk in: so shall you bring down the doers of evil among you.


Deuteronomy 13:7
JPS	13:7	If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that 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;
ONK	13:7	If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy covenant,⁽²¹⁾ 21. Samaritan Version, "of thy love." or thy friend who is as thy soul, shall persuade thee in secret, saying: Let us go and worship the gods of the Gentiles whom thou hast not known, nor thy fathers,
PAL	13:7	When thy brother, the son of thy mother, when even the son of thy father, or thy own son, or thy daughter, or thy wife who reposeth with thee, or thy friend who is beloved as thy soul, shall give thee evil counsel, to make thee go astray, speaking out and saying, Let us go and worship the gods of the Gentiles, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known;
JER	13:7	When thy brother, the son of thy mother, thy son, thy daughter, or the wife who reposeth with thee, shall turn thee away.

Deuteronomy 13:8
JPS	13:8	of the gods of the peoples that 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;
ONK	13:8	gods of the nations round about you, nigh thee, or far off, from one end of the earth to the other;
PAL	13:8	of the idols of the seven nations who are near you round about, or of the rest of the nations who are far away from you, from one end of the earth to the other;


Deuteronomy 13:9
JPS	13:9	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;
ONK	13:9	thou shalt not consent to him, nor listen to his word, nor must thy eye have pity on him; thou shalt neither compassionate nor conceal him,
PAL	13:9	you shall not consent to them, nor hearken to him, neither shall your eye spare him or have compassion, nor shall you hide him in secret;


Deuteronomy 13:10
JPS	13:10	but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
ONK	13:10	but killing thou shalt kill him; thy hand shall be upon him the first to kill him, and afterwards the hand of all the people;
PAL	13:10	but killing you shall kill him; your hand shall be the first upon him to slay him, and afterwards the hand of all the people;


Deuteronomy 13:11
JPS	13:11	And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to draw thee away from the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
ONK	13:11	and thou shalt stone him with stones that he die, because he sought to lead thee astray from the fear of the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Mizraim, from the house of bondage;
PAL	13:11	and you shall stone him that he die; because he sought to draw them away from the fear of the Lord thy God, who brought you out free from the land of Mizraim, from the house of the affliction of slaves.


Deuteronomy 13:12
JPS	13:12	And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.
ONK	13:12	and all Israel will hear and be afraid, and not add to do this evil thing among thee.
PAL	13:12	And all Israel will hear and be afraid, and never more do according to that evil thing among you.


Deuteronomy 13:13
JPS	13:13	If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying:
ONK	13:13	If thou hear in one of the cities which the Lord thy God will give thee to dwell in, saying:
PAL	13:13	When, in one of your cities which the Lord your God will give you to dwell in, you hear it said that


Deuteronomy 13:14
JPS	13:14	'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known';
ONK	13:14	Men, sons of wickedness, have gone forth from among thee, and led away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and worship the gods of the nations which you have not known;
PAL	13:14	(certain) men of pride are drawing back from the doctrine of the Lord your God, or that even sages of your rabbins have gone forth and led away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and worship the gods of the nations which you have not known:


Deuteronomy 13:15
JPS	13:15	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 in the midst of thee;
ONK	13:15	then shalt thou seek and search out, and fairly inquire; and, behold, such a thing is the truth, and this abomination is being done among thee,
PAL	13:15	then search you out, and examine with witnesses, and make good inquiry; and, behold, if the thing be true and certain that this abomination hath been really done among you,


Deuteronomy 13:16
JPS	13:16	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.
ONK	13:16	thou shalt smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,
PAL	13:16	you shall smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, to destroy it utterly and whatever is therein, even its cattle, with the edge of the sword.


Deuteronomy 13:17
JPS	13:17	And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the broad place thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto the LORD thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
ONK	13:17	and destroy it and all that is therein and its cattle by the edge of the sword; and thou shalt gather all the spoil of it together into the midst of its street, and burn the city and the whole spoil thereof with fire entirely before the Lord thy God, and it shall be a desolate heap for ever, it shall be builded no more;
PAL	13:17	You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of the street, and burn the city with fire, together with the whole of the spoil, before the Lord your God; and it shall be a desolate heap for ever, never to be builded again:


Deuteronomy 13:18
JPS	13:18	And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy 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;
ONK	13:18	and nought of the accursed thing shall cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn away His anger from thee, and show mercy upon thee, and be loving towards thee, and increase thee, as He sware unto thy fathers;
PAL	13:18	that the Lord may be turned from the fierceness of His anger, and may show His mercy upon you, and love you, and multiply you, as He hath sworn to your fathers.


Deuteronomy 13:19
JPS	13:19	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.
ONK	13:19	when thou shalt be obedient to the Word of the Lord thy God, to observe all His commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right before the Lord thy God.
PAL	13:19	So be ye obedient to the Word of the Lord your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you this day, that you may do what is right before the Lord your God.