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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 2 - The 365 Prohibitions of the Tora
18 - RELAXING ONE'S AVERSION TO THE MISLEADER
Deuteronomy 13:8 -- “You shall not consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him”
The reason for the severe treatment accorded to the misleader in Jewish law is clearly stated in Scripture: because he sought to entice you away from the LORD your God (Deuteronomy 13:10). In the words of the Sifre: “This would be a great disgrace for you; for not even the heathen nations abandon that which their ancestors have handed down to them, and this man says to you: Abandon what thy ancestors have handed down to thee.”*
* Deut XIII, 7, Sifre