THEOSISDeuteronomy 13:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of the thing by looking well into it, and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed,
יָצְא֞וּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֙עַל֙ מִקִּרְבֶּ֔ךָ וַיַּדִּ֛יחוּ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י עִירָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר נֵלְכָ֗ה וְנַעַבְדָ֛ה אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 17:4And this is told thee, and hearing it thou hast inquired diligently, and found it to be true, and that the abomination is committed in Israel:
- John 7:24Judge not according to the appearance: but judge just judgment.
- Isa 11:3And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord, He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
- Isa 11:4But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
- 1 Tim 5:19Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.
- Deut 10:18He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.
- Num 35:30The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.