deuteronomy 13:14 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;

deuteronomy 13:14 then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. And if it is true [and] the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,

14. Then shalt thou inquire--that is, the magistrate, to whom it officially belonged to make the necessary investigation. In the event of the report proving true, the most summary proceedings were to be commenced against the apostate inhabitants. The law in this chapter has been represented as stern and sanguinary, but it was in accordance with the national constitution of Israel. God being their King, idolatry was treason, and a city turned to idols put itself into a state, and incurred the punishment, of rebellion.

deuteronomy 13:14 then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. And if it is true [and] the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,

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