"If thou shalt hear {say} in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying," — Deuteronomy 13:12

Deuteronomy 13:12 · KJV

“If thou shalt hear {say} in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,”

— Deuteronomy 13:12

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

{Certain} men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; {the children...: or, naughty men}

Deuteronomy 13 — Context

And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. {bondage: Heb. bondmen}

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

If thou shalt hear {say} in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, {if it be} truth, {and} the thing certain, {that} such abomination is wrought among you;

Cross References

Joshua 22:11-34

And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

Judges 20:1-17

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.