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Deuteronomy 13:6

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False Prophets in the Family

13:6Suppose your own full brother,8 your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods9 that neither you nor your ancestors10 have previously known,11

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Footnotes

  1. 8 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. 9 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. 10 Heb “fathers” (also in v. 17).
  4. 11 Heb “which you have not known, you or your fathers.” (cf. , ; on “fathers” cf. v. 18).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let’s go and worship other gods’—which neither you nor your ancestors have known,

NLTNew Living Translation

“Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“If your brother, the son of your mother or your son or your daughter or your wife whom you embrace or your intimate friend in secrecy says, ‘Let us go and let us serve other gods!’ gods that you and your ancestors have not known,

KJV 1900King James Version

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;