Deuteronomy 13:6

False Prophets in the Family

13:6 Suppose your own full brother, ¹  your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods ²  that neither you nor your ancestors ³  have previously known, ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 18:6

18:6 Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will ⁵  from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, ⁶  to the place the Lord chooses

Deuteronomy 20:8

20:8 In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s ⁷  heart as fearful ⁸  as his own.”

Deuteronomy 24:16

24:16 Fathers must not be put to death for what their children ⁹  do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.

Deuteronomy 28:53

28:53 You will then eat your own offspring, ¹⁰  the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege ¹¹  by which your enemies will constrict you.

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¹ tn Heb “your brother, the son of your mother.” In a polygamous society it was not rare to have half brothers and sisters by way of a common father and different mothers.

² tn In the Hebrew text these words are in the form of a brief quotation: “entice you secretly saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods.’”

³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 17).

⁴ tn Heb “which you have not known, you or your fathers.” (cf. KJV, ASV; on “fathers” cf. v. 18).

⁵ tn Heb “according to all the desire of his soul.”

⁶ tn Or “sojourning.” The verb used here refers to living temporarily in a place, not settling down.

⁷ tn Heb “his brother’s.”

⁸ tn Heb “melted.”

⁹ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB; twice in this verse). Many English versions, including the KJV, read “children” here.

¹⁰ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NRSV); NASB “the offspring of your own body.”

¹¹ tn Heb “siege and stress.”