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Deuteronomy 13:1 open_in_new
If, &c. Beginning of Moses' fourth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1.
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Deuteronomy 13:3 open_in_new
proveth: i.e. suffereth you to be proved. Hebrew idiom, which speaks of doing what one allows to be done.
your soul. yourself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Deuteronomy 13:4 open_in_new
cleave. Compare Deuteronomy 10:20.
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Deuteronomy 13:5 open_in_new
bondage. bondmen. See note on Deuteronomy 5:6. eleven times in this book.
So shalt thou put... away. This expression occurs put... away. Hebrew. ba'ar, to burn up in order to clear out.
the evil. the wicked thing. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
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Deuteronomy 13:6 open_in_new
own soul. own self. Hebrew. nephesh, Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
entice... secretly. Both (Hebrew) words used here.
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Deuteronomy 13:8 open_in_new
eye. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia, App-6.
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Deuteronomy 13:11 open_in_new
wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'.
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Deuteronomy 13:12 open_in_new
hath given. giveth.
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Deuteronomy 13:13 open_in_new
men. Hebrew, plural of. ish or 'enosh. App-14.
children. sons.
Belial. First occurrence.. word denoting all that is wicked and worthless; hopeless, as to character and destiny. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy, App-6, for the Evil One as the instigator of all the uncleanness of heathenism. Compare 2 Corinthians 6:15.
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Deuteronomy 13:14 open_in_new
diligently. thoroughly. Occurs only here and Deuteronomy 17:4; Deuteronomy 19:18.
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
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Deuteronomy 13:15 open_in_new
destroying. exterminating. Hebrew. haram.
edge. Hebrew "mouth". Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for edge.
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Deuteronomy 13:16 open_in_new
burn. burn up. Hebrew. saraph.
heap for ever. Compare Joshua 8:28.
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Deuteronomy 13:17 open_in_new
cursed. devoted [to destruction]. Compare Joshua 6:18; Joshua 7:1.
as. according as.
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Deuteronomy 13:18 open_in_new
this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26.