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<BR><FONT SIZE=+3><B>D E U T E R O N O M Y</B></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. XIII.</FONT>
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<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
Moses is still upon that necessary subject concerning the peril of
idolatry. In the close of the foregoing chapter he had cautioned them
against the peril that might arise from their predecessors the
Canaanites. In this chapter he cautions them against the rise of
idolatry from among themselves; they must take heed lest any should
draw them to idolatry,
1. By the pretence of prophecy,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:1-5">ver. 1-5</A>.
II. By the pretence of friendship and relation,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:6-11">ver. 6-11</A>.
III. By the pretence of numbers,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:12-18">ver. 12-18</A>.
But in all these cases the temptation must be resolutely resisted and
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<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
<FONT SIZE=+1>1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,
and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
&nbsp; 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake
unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast
not known, and let us serve them;
&nbsp; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or
that dreamer of dreams: for the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> your God proveth you, to
know whether ye love the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> your God with all your heart and
with all your soul.
&nbsp; 4 Ye shall walk after the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> your God, and fear him, and keep
his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and
cleave unto him.
&nbsp; 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to
death; because he hath spoken to turn <I>you</I> away from the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>
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 L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> thy God commanded thee to walk in. So
shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
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<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
Here is,
I. A very strange supposition,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:1,2"><I>v.</I> 1, 2</A>.
1. It is strange that there should arise any among themselves,
especially any pretending to vision and prophecy, who should instigate
them to <I>go and serve other gods.</I> Was it possible that any who
had so much knowledge of the methods of divine revelation as to be able
to personate a prophet should yet have so little knowledge of the
divine nature and will as to go himself and entice his neighbours
<I>after other gods?</I> Could an Israelite ever be guilty of such
impiety? Could a man of sense ever be guilty of such absurdity? We see
it in our own day, and therefore may think it the less strange;
multitudes that profess both learning and religion yet exciting both
themselves and others, not only to worship God by images, but to give
divine honour to saints and angels, which is no better than <I>going
after other gods to serve them;</I> such is the power of strong
delusions.
2. It is yet more strange that the sign or wonder given for the
confirmation of this false doctrine should come to pass. Can it be
thought that God himself should give any countenance to such a vile
proceeding? Did ever a false prophet work a true miracle? It is only
supposed here for two reasons:--
(1.) To strengthen the caution here given against hearkening to such a
one. "Though it were possible that he should work a true miracle, yet
you must not believe him if he tell you that you must serve other gods,
for the divine law against that is certainly perpetual and
unalterable." The supposition is like that in
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ga+1:8">Gal. i. 8</A>,
<I>If we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to
you</I>--which does not prove it possible that an angel should preach
another gospel, but strongly expresses the certainty and perpetuity of
that which we have received. So here,
(2.) It is to fortify them against the danger of impostures and lying
wonders
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Th+2:9">2 Thess. ii. 9</A>):
"Suppose the credentials he produces be so artfully counterfeited that
you cannot discern the cheat, nor disprove them, yet, if they are
intended to draw you to the service of other gods, that alone is
sufficient to disprove them; no evidence can be admitted against so
clear a truth as that of the unity of the Godhead, and so plain a law
as that of worshipping the <I>one only living and true God.</I>" We
cannot suppose that the God of truth should set his seal of miracles to
a lie, to so gross a lie as is supposed in that temptation, <I>Let us
go after other gods.</I> But if it be asked, Why is this false prophet
permitted to counterfeit this broad seal? It is answered here
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>):
"<I>The Lord you God proveth you.</I> He suffers you to be set upon by
such a temptation to try your constancy, that both those that are
perfect and those that are false and corrupt may be made manifest. It
is to prove you; therefore see that you acquit yourselves well in the
trial, and stand your ground."</P>
<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
II. Here is a very necessary charge given in this case,</P>
<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
1. Not to yield to the temptation: "<I>Thou shalt not hearken to the
worlds of that prophet,</I>
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>.
Not only thou shalt not do the thing he tempts thee to, but thou shalt
not so much as patiently hear the temptation, but reject it with the
utmost disdain and detestation. Such a suggestion as this is not to be
so much as parleyed with, but the ear must be stopped against it.
<I>Get thee behind me, Satan.</I>" Some temptations are so grossly vile
that they will not bear a debate, nor may we so much as give them the
hearing. What follows
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:4"><I>v.</I> 4</A>),
<I>You shall walk after the Lord,</I> may be looked upon,
(1.) As prescribing a preservative from the temptation: "Keep close to
your duty, and you keep out of harm's way. God never leaves us till we
leave him." Or,
(2.) As furnishing us with an answer to the temptation; say, "It is
written, <I>Thou shalt walk after the Lord,</I> and <I>cleave unto
him;</I> and therefore what have I to do with idols?"</P>
<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
2. Not to spare the tempter,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>.
That prophet shall be <I>put to death,</I> both to punish him for the
attempt he has made (the seducer must die, though none were seduced by
him--a design upon the crown is treason) and to prevent his doing
further mischief. This is called <I>putting away the evil.</I> There is
no way of removing the guilt but by removing the guilty; if such a
criminal be not punished, those that should punish him make themselves
responsible. And thus the <I>mischief must be put away;</I> the
infection must be kept from spreading by cutting off the gangrened
limb, and putting away the mischief-makers. such Dangerous diseases as
these must be taken in time.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy
daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which <I>is</I> as
thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve
other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
&nbsp; 7 <I>Namely,</I> of the gods of the people which <I>are</I> round about
you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the <I>one</I> end of
the earth even unto the <I>other</I> end of the earth;
&nbsp; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him;
neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare,
neither shalt thou conceal him:
&nbsp; 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first
upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the
people.
&nbsp; 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because
he hath sought to thrust thee away from the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> thy God, which
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
&nbsp; 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more
any such wickedness as this is among you.
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<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
Further provision is made by this branch of the statute against
receiving the infection of idolatry from those that are near and dear
to us.</P>
<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
I. It is the policy of the tempter to send his solicitations by the
hand of those whom we love, whom we least suspect of any ill design
upon us, and whom we are desirous to please and apt to conform
ourselves to. The enticement here is supposed to come from a brother or
child that are near by nature, from a wife or friend that are near by
choice, and are to us <I>as our own souls,</I>
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>.
Satan tempted Adam by Eve and Christ by Peter. We are therefore
concerned to stand upon our guard against a bad proposal when the
person that makes it can pretend to an interest in us, that we many
never sin against God in compliment to the best friend we have in the
world. The temptation is supposed to be private: he will <I>entice thee
secretly,</I> implying that idolatry is a work of darkness, which
dreads the light and covets to be concealed, and in which the sinner
promises himself, and the tempter promises him, secrecy and security.
Concerning the false gods proposed to be served,
1. The tempter suggests that the worshipping of these gods was the
common practice of the world; and, if they limited their adorations to
an invisible Deity, they were singular, and like nobody, for these gods
were the <I>gods of the people round about them,</I> and indeed of all
the nations of the earth,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:7"><I>v.</I> 7</A>.
This suggestion draws many away from religion and godliness, that it is
an unfashionable thing; and they make their court to the world and the
flesh because these are the <I>gods of the people that are round about
them.</I>
2. Moses suggests, in opposition to this, that it had not been the
practice of their ancestors; they are gods which <I>thou hast not
known, thou nor thy fathers.</I> Those that are born of godly parents,
and have been educated in pious exercises, when they are enticed to a
vain, loose, careless way of living should remember that those are ways
which <I>they have not known, they nor their fathers.</I> And will they
thus degenerate?</P>
<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
II. It is our duty to prefer God and religion before the best friends
we have in the world.
1. We must not, in complaisance to our friends, break God's law
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:8"><I>v.</I> 8</A>):
"<I>Thou shalt not consent to him.</I> nor go with him to his
idolatrous worship, no, not for company, or curiosity, or to gain a
better interest in is affections." It is a general rule, <I>If sinners
entice thee, consent thou not,</I>
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Pr+1:10">Prov. i. 10</A>.
2. We must not, in compassion to our friends, obstruct the course of
God's justice. He that attempts such a thing must not only be looked
upon as an enemy, or dangerous person, whom one should be afraid of,
and swear the peace against, but as a criminal or traitor, whom, in
zeal for our sovereign Lord, his crown and dignity, we are bound to
inform against, and cannot conceal without incurring the guilt of a
great misprision
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>):
<I>Thou shalt surely kill him.</I> By this law the persons enticed were
bound to the seducer, and to give evidence against him before the
proper judges, that he might suffer the penalty of the law, and that
without delay, which the Jews say is here intended in that phrase, as
it is in the Hebrew, <I>killing thou shalt kill him.</I> Neither the
prosecution nor the execution must be deferred; and he that was first
in the former must be first in the latter, to show that he stood to his
testimony: "<I>Thy hand shall be first upon him,</I> to mark him out as
an anathema, and then the hands of all the people, to put him away as
an accursed thing." The death he must die was that which was looked
upon among the Jews as the severest of all deaths. He must be stoned:
and his accusation written is that he has sought to thrust thee away,
by a kind of violence, <I>from the Lord they God,</I>
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:10"><I>v.</I> 10</A>.
Those are certainly our worst enemies that would <I>thrust us from
God,</I> our best friend; and whatever draws us to sin, separates
between us and God, is a design upon our life, and to be resented
accordingly, And, lastly, here is the good effect of this necessary
execution
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:11"><I>v.</I> 11</A>):
<I>All Israel shall hear and fear.</I> They <I>ought to hear and
fear;</I> for the punishment of crimes committed is designed <I>in
terrorem--to terrify,</I> and so to prevent their repetition. And it is
to be hoped they will hear and fear, and by the severity of the
punishment, especially when it is at the prosecution of a father, a
brother, or a friend, will be made to conceive a horror of the sin, as
exceedingly sinful, and to be afraid of incurring the like punishment
themselves. <I>Smite the scorner</I> that sins presumptuously, <I>and
the simple,</I> that is in danger of sinning carelessly, <I>will
beware.</I></P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>12 If thou shalt hear <I>say</I> in one of thy cities, which the
L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
&nbsp; 13 <I>Certain</I> men, the children of Belial, are gone out from
among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city,
saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
&nbsp; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask
diligently; and, behold, <I>if it be</I> truth, <I>and</I> the thing
certain, <I>that</I> such abomination is wrought among you;
&nbsp; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with
the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that <I>is</I>
therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
&nbsp; 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of
the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all
the spoil thereof every whit, for the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> thy God: and it shall
be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
&nbsp; 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine
hand: that the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> may turn from the fierceness of his anger,
and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply
thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
&nbsp; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> thy God, to
keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do
<I>that which is</I> right in the eyes of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> thy God.
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<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
Here the case is put of a city revolting from its allegiance to the God
of Israel, <I>and serving other gods.</I></P>
<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
I. The crime is supposed to be committed,
1. By one of the cities of Israel, that lay within the jurisdiction of
their courts. The church then <I>judged those only that were
within,</I>
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Co+5:12,13">1 Cor. v. 12, 13</A>.
And, even when they were ordered to preserve their religion in the
first principles of it by fire and sword to propagate it. Those that
are born within the allegiance of a prince, if they take up arms
against him, are dealt with as traitors, but foreign invaders are not
so. The city that is here supposed to have become idolatrous is one
that formerly worshipped the true God, but had now withdrawn to other
gods, which intimates how great the crime is, and how sore the
punishment will be, of those that, <I>after they have known the way of
righteousness, turn aside from it,</I>
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Pe+2:21">2 Pet. ii. 21</A>.
2. It is supposed to be committed by the generality of the inhabitants
of the city, for we may conclude that, if a considerable number did
retain their integrity, those only that were guilty were to be
destroyed, and the city was to be spared for the sake of the righteous
in it; for <I>will not the Judge of all the earth do right?</I> No
doubt he will.
3. They are supposed to be drawn to idolatry by <I>certain men, the
children of Belial,</I> men that would endure no yoke (so it
signifies), that neither fear God nor regard man, but shake off all
restraints of law and conscience, and are perfectly lost to all manner
of virtue; these are those that say, "Let us serve other gods," that
will not only allow, but will countenance and encourage, our
immoralities. Belial is put for <I>the devil</I>
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+6:15">2 Cor. vi. 15</A>),
and the children of Belial are his children. These withdraw the
inhabitants of the city; for a little of this old leaven, when it is
entertained, soon leavens the whole lump.</P>
<P> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
II. The cause is ordered to be tried with a great deal of care
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:14"><I>v.</I> 14</A>):
<I>Thou shalt enquire and make search.</I> They must not proceed upon
common fame, or take the information by hearsay, but must examine the
proofs, and not give judgment against them unless the evidence was
clear and the charge fully made out. God himself, before he destroyed
Sodom, is said to have come down to see whether its crimes were
according to the clamour,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+18:21">Gen. xviii. 21</A>.
In judicial processes it is requisite that time, and care, and pains,
be taken to find out the truth, and that search be made without any
passion, prejudice, or partiality. The Jewish writers say that, though
particular persons who were idolaters might be judged by the inferior
courts, the defection of a city was to be tried by the great Sanhedrim;
and, if it appeared that they were thrust away to idolatry, two learned
men were sent to them to admonish and reclaim them. If they repented,
all would be well; if not, then all Israel must go up to war against
them, to testify their indignation against idolatry and to stop the
spreading of the contagion.</P>
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III. If the crime were proved, and the criminals were incorrigible, the
city was to be wholly destroyed. If there were a few righteous men in
it, no doubt they would remove themselves and their families out of
such a dangerous place, and then all the inhabitants, men, women, and
children, must be put to the sword
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:15"><I>v.</I> 15</A>),
all the spoil of the city, both shop-goods and the furniture of houses,
must be brought into the marketplace and burned, and the city itself
must be laid in ashes and never built again,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:16"><I>v.</I> 16</A>.
The soldiers are forbidden, upon pain of death, to convert any of the
plunder to their own use,
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:17"><I>v.</I> 17</A>.
It was a devoted thing, and dangerous to meddle with, as we find in the
case of Achan. Now,
1. God enjoins this severity of show what a jealous God he is in the
matters of his worship, and how great a crime it is to serve other
gods. Let men know that God will not give his glory to another, nor his
praise to graven images.
2. He expects that magistrates, having their honour and power from him,
should be concerned for his honour, and use their power for <I>terror
to evil doers,</I> else they bear the sword in vain.
3. The faithful worshippers of the true God must take all occasions to
show their just indignation against idolatry, much more against
atheism, infidelity, and irreligion.
4. It is here intimated that the best expedient for the turning away of
God's anger from a land is to execute justice upon the <I>wicked of the
land</I>
(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+13:17"><I>v.</I> 17</A>),
that the Lord may <I>turn from the fierceness of his anger,</I> which
was ready to break out against the whole nation, for the wickedness of
that one apostate city. It is promised that, if they would thus root
wickedness out of their land, God would multiply them. They might
think it impolitic, and against the interest of their nation, to ruin a
whole city for a crime relating purely to religion, and that they
should be more sparing of the blood of Israelites: "Fear not the" (says
Moses), "God will multiply you the more; the body of your nation will
lose nothing by the letting out of this corrupt blood." <I>Lastly,</I>
Though we do not find this law put in execution in all the history of
the Jewish church (Gibeah was destroyed, not for idolatry, but
immorality), yet for the neglect of the execution of it upon the
inferior cities that served idols God himself, by the army of the
Chaldeans, put it in execution upon Jerusalem, the head city, which,
for is apostasy from God, was utterly destroyed and laid waste, and lay
in ruins seventy years. Though idolaters may escape punishment from men
(nor is this law in the letter of it binding now, under the gospel),
yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous
judgements. The New Testament speaks of communion with idolaters as a
sin which, above any other, <I>provokes the Lord to jealousy,</I> and
dares him as if we were <I>stronger than he,</I>
<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Co+10:21,22">1 Cor. x. 21, 22</A>.</P>
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