⁶“Even your brother or your son or your daughter or the wife you love or your closest friend may secretly encourage you to worship other gods, gods that you and your ancestors have never worshipped. ⁷One of them may encourage you to worship the gods of the people who live near you or the gods of those who live far away. ⁸But do not let him or her persuade you; do not even listen to them. Show them no mercy or pity, and do not protect them. ⁹Kill them! Be the first to stone them, and then let everyone else stone them too. ¹⁰Stone them to death! They tried to lead you away from the Lord your God, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. ¹¹Then all the people of Israel will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.

¹²“When you are living in the towns that the Lord your God gives you, you may hear ¹³that some worthless people of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshipped before. ¹⁴If you hear such a rumour, investigate it thoroughly; and if it is true that this evil thing did happen,

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