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be_v destroy_v how_o near_o soever_o if_o thy_o brother_n or_o thy_o son_n or_o daughter_n or_o the_o wife_n of_o thy_o bosom_n or_o thy_o friend_n which_o be_v as_o thy_o own_o soul_n entice_v thou_o secret_o say_v let_v we_o go_v after_o other_o god_n and_o serve_v they_o thou_o shall_v not_o consent_v nor_o hearken_v to_o he_o but_o thou_o shall_v sure_o kill_v he_o thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v first_o upon_o he_o to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o after_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o his_o people_n deut._n 13._o 6._o 8_o 9_o and_o the_o reason_n be_v assign_v v._o 10._o because_o he_o seek_v to_o thrust_v thou_o away_o from_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n there_o be_v never_o a_o sin_n or_o lust_n which_o thou_o can_v indulge_v but_o the_o tendency_n of_o it_o be_v to_o thrust_v thou_o away_o from_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n no_o sin_n therefore_o upon_o any_o account_n be_v to_o be_v spare_v search_v thyself_o therefore_o for_o corruption_n be_v a_o lurk_a thing_n unfeigned_o desire_v to_o 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