And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, 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 the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
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Gill's Exposition
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death,.... Which death, according to the Targum of Jonathan, was to be killed with the sword:
because he hath spoken to turn you away…
Barnes' Notes
The context and parallel passages (compare Deu 17:7; Lev 20:2) indicate that there was to be a regular judicial procedure, and that the manner of the execution was to be by stoning. In this the…
Here is, I. A very strange supposition, Deu 13:1, Deu 13:2. 1. It is strange that there should arise any among themselves, especially any pretending to vision and prophecy, who should instigate them…
1 5 (2 6 in Heb.). Against the Prophet of Other Gods
1. If there arise in the midst of thee So Deu 19:15-16 also Sg. Cp. the synonymous if there be found in the midst of theeDeu 17:2; Deu 18:10; Deu…
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