Deuteronomy 13:5

“And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, etc.] Which death, according to the Targum of Jonathan, was to be killed with the sword: because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God; or “spoken revolt against the Lord” f126, high treason against him, delivering out doctrine that tends to cause his subjects to rebel against him, and revolt from him; and therefore he is justly deserving of death, to draw off a people from him he had been so good and kind unto; so that to apostasy would be added the sin of ingratitude: which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; and so was not only their Lord by creation whom…”

“The context and parallel passages (compare Deuteronomy 17:7; Leviticus 20:2) indicate that there was to be a regular judicial procedure, and that the manner of the execution was to be by stoning. In this the community was to take its part in order to show its horror at the crime, and to clear itself of complicity therein. return to 'Top of Page'”

“To thrust - This phrase notes the great force and power of seducers to corrupt men's minds. So shalt thou put the evil away - Thou shalt remove the guilt, by removing the guilty. Deuteronomy 13:6”

“13:5 visionaries: Literally dreamer of dreams. • purge (literally burn): God wanted false prophets to be completely eliminated, leaving no residue of their evil ways. See also 17:12; 19:13.”

“prophet: Deu 18:20; Kg1 18:40; Isa 9:14, Isa 9:15, Isa 28:17, Isa 28:18; Jer 14:15, Jer 28:15-17; Jer 29:21, Jer 29:22; Zac 13:3; Rev 19:20 spoken: Heb. spoken revolt against the Lord turn you: Deu 13:10, Deu 7:4; Jer 50:6; Act 13:8; Ti2 4:4, Ti2 4:5 put the evil away from the midst: Deu 17:7, Deu 19:19, Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24, Deu 24:7; Co1 5:13; Heb 12:14, Heb 12:15 Deuteronomy 13:6”

“Israel was to adhere firmly to the Lord its God (cf. Deu 4:4), and to put to death the prophet who preached apostasy from Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel out of the slave-house of Egypt. להדּיחך, "to force thee from the way in which Jehovah hath commanded thee to walk." The execution of seducers to idolatry is enjoined upon the people, i.e., the whole community, not upon single individuals, but upon the authorities who had to maintain and administer justice. "So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee." הרע is neuter, as we may see from Deu 17:7, as comp. with Deu 13:2. The formula, "so shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee," which occurs again in Deu 17:7, Deu…”