Study Desk

"^[a](a)If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, ‘^(b)Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,'

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is ^(c)testing you to find out if ^(d)you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

^(e)You shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and ^(f)cling to Him.

But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be ^(g)put to death, because he has ^[b]counseled ^[c]rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of ^[d]slavery, ^(h)to seduce you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. ⁽ⁱ⁾So you shall purge the evil from among you.