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If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and they giveth thee a sign or a miracle, and the sign or the miracle come to pass,
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But they say unto thee: Let us go after other elohima which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams;
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For YHVHa, thy Elohimb, proveth thee, to know whether thou love YHVH, your Elohim, with all thy heartc and with all thy soul:
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Ye shall walk after YHVH, your Elohim, and love Him, and keep His mitzvotha, and obey His Voiceb; and thou shall serve YHVH and cleave unto Him.
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And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be turned away because they hath spoken priestcrafta to turn you away from YHVH, your Elohim, 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 YHVH, thy Elohim, instructed thee to walk in:
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So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
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¶ 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 elohim, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers,
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Namely, the elohim 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,
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Thou shalt not consent unto them nor hearken unto them; neither shall thine eye pity them; neither shalt thou spare them; neither shalt thou conceal them;
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But thou shalt surely turn them away; thine hand shall be first upon them to put to death that priestcraft, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
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And thou shalt cast them out of thy residencea, that should they die, it be the will of Ha’Elohimb;
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For they hath sought to thrust thee away from YHVH, thy Elohim, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage.
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And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.
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¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which YHVH, thy Elohim, hath given thee to dwell there, saying:
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Scoundrels are gone out from among you, and have led astray the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other elohim, which thou hast not known,
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Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and behold, if it be truth and the thing certain, that such a detestable thing is wrought among you,
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Thou shalt surely teach these, thy people, to follow YHVH, thy Elohim, that they be offered teshuvaha;
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And if they reject YHVH, and should draw their swords against thee and thy peoples, then shall thou smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,
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And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof and shalt burn with fire, all the spoil thereof, every whit, for an offering unto YHVH, thy Elohim.
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And thou shall keep none of the cursed things into thine hand, that YHVH 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,
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For when thou shalt hearken unto the Voice of YHVH, thy Elohim, to keep all His mitzvoth which I do instruct thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of YHVH, thy Elohim, thou shalt be blessed;
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Therefore, thou shalt delight in blessing, and not in cursing.
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And in the name of YHVH, and of all the holy onesa, even all that are above thee, shalt thou bless; and it shall be a blessing.
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And thou shalt bless thy fellows, and thy children and servants, and theirs; and all who seek to learn the righteousness of YHVH, and the peace of His Kingdom of thee, and all they whom Ha’Elohima hath committed to thy care:
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And they who do bless thee, these shalt thou honor.
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¶ Thou shalt not curse out of the bitterness of thine own heart; nor shalt thou curse any but they that is under condemnation of the Toraha of YHVH, and being oft rebuked, will not seek teshuvah.
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Thou shalt not curse thy neighbors, nor the stranger that dwelleth with thee; for the hand of the judge be over them, and should they rebuke, they will repenta, and turn to righteousness;
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But should should these bind thee with curses, then shalt thou do likewise that thou should seek the protection of YHVH.
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But thou shalt not curse any who is placed in authority, or that hath been given dominion over thee;
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And if these should oppress thee, or do thee unrighteousness, and thy cry ascend to YHVH in heaven, in heaven will He hear thee and will be thy avenger;
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Therefore, curse not, lest thy curse return upon thee.