Deuteronomy Chapter 13 verse 12 Holy Bible
If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying,
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And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,
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If in one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee to dwell there, thou hearest, saying,
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If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
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If thou shalt hear, in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
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If you shall hear tell concerning one of your cities, which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, saying,
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`When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, `one' saying,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 12-18. - A third ease supposed is that of the inhabitants of a city being seduced by wicked men into idolatry. In this case inquiry was to be made as to the fact; and if it was found to be so, the inhabitants of that city were to be put to the sword, all their property was to be burnt, and the city itself reduced to a heap; so should the anger of the Lord be averted from Israel, and he would do them good. Verse 12. - Hear in one of thy cities. The Hebrew phrase, "to hear in" (שָׁמַע בְּ). has sometimes the meaning of to overhear, as in Genesis 27:5; 1 Samuel 17:28; Job 15:8; sometimes it means simply to hear, as in 2 Samuel 19:36 [35]; in Job 26:14, it has the force of to hear of or concerning, though some think this questionable. This latter is apparently the meaning here: If thou hear concerning any of thy cities, etc. Baying. This introduces what is heard.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities.--The only case of this kind is the case of Gibeah. We may fairly assume the abominations done there to have been connected with idolatry, from the allusions in Hosea 9:9; Hosea 10:9. But the outrage rather than the idolatry seems to have excited the indignation of Israel (see Judges 20, 21). It is noticeable that in the remonstrance with the Benjamites at Gibeah--(Judges 20:13): "Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel"--there seems to be an allusion to the language of this chapter in Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 13:11.
