“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.”
That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he or she preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; that prophet tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you — the false prophet is executed as seditious: rebellion against the LORD's covenant command is equivalent to treason. The death penalty purges communal evil.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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