A   If there a ryse am&obar;ge you a ^note prophete or a dreamer of dreames, and geue the a sygne, or a wonder, and that sygne or wonder whych he hath sayde come to passe, and then saye: let vs go after stra&ubar;ge Goddes whych thou hast not knowen, and let vs serue th&ebar; herken not thou vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames. ^noteFor the Lorde thy God proueth you, to wete, whether ye loue the Lorde youre God wyth all youre herte and with all your soule. Ye shall walke after the Lorde youre God, and feare him, kepe his commaundmentes, and herk&ebar; vnto hys voyce, serue him, and cleaue vnto hym. ^noteAnd þt; prophete or dreamer of dreames shall dye, because he hath spoken to turne you a waye from the Lorde youre God, (which brought you out of the lande of Egypte, B    and delyuered you out of the house of b&obar;dage) to thrust the out of the waye, which the Lorde thy God c&obar;maunded the to walke in: and therfore thou shalt put þe; euell a waye from the.

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If thy brother, the sonne of thy mother, or thyne awne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wyfe that lyeth in thy bosome, or thy frende which is as thyne awne soule vnto the, entice þe; secretly, saying: let vs go ∧ serue straunge Goddes, whych thou hast not know&ebar; nor yet thy fathers, And they be of the Goddes of the people which are rounde aboute you, whether they be nye vnto the or farre of fr&obar; the, from the one ende of the erth vnto the other, Thou shalt not consente vnto him, nor herk&ebar; vnto him: thine eye shall not pitie him nether shalt þu; haue c&obar;passi&obar; on him, nor kepe him secret ^note but cause him to be slayne. Thyne hande shalbe fyrst vpon him to kyll hym: ∧ then the handes of all the people. C   And thou shalt stone him wyth stones that he dye, because he hath gone aboute to thrust þe; awaye from the Lorde thy God, which brought the out of the lande of Egipte, and from the house of bondage. And all Israel shall heare and feare, and shall do no moare any soche wyckednesse as this is, amonge you.

If thou shalt heare saye in one of thy cyties which the Lorde thy God hath geu&ebar; the to dwell in, that certen men beynge the chyldren of Belial, are gone out from amonge you, and haue moued the enhabiters of their cytie, sayinge: let vs go and serue straunge Goddes, which ye haue not knowen. Then thou must seke, and make serche and enquere diligently. And beholde, yf it be true, and the thynge of a suertye, that soche abhominaci&obar; is wrought am&obar;g you: then thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that cytie in the edge of the swerde, and destroye it vtterly, and all that is therin, and eu&ebar; the very catell therof with the edge of the swerde. And gether all the spoyle of it into the myddes of the streate therof, and burne with fyre both the cytie ∧ all the spoyle therof euery white for the Lorde thy God. And it shalbe an heape for euer ∧ shall not be bylt agayne. ^note D   And there shall cleaue naught of the damned thynge in thine h&abar;de, that the Lorde maye turne from the fearcenesse of hys wrath, and shewe the mercye, and haue compassyon on the, and multiplye the, as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers. ^noteTherfore shalt thou herk&ebar; vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe all hys commaundmentes, whych I c&obar;maunde the this daye, þt; thou do it, which is ryght in the eyes of the Lorde thy God.

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