²and the sign or^b the wonder comes about that he spoke^c to you, saying,^d ‘Let us go after other gods (those whom you have not known), and let us serve them,’ ³you must not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer, for Yahweh your God is testing you to know whether you love^e Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your inner self.^f ⁴You shall go after Yahweh your God, and him you shall revere, and his commandment you shall keep, and to his voice you shall listen, and him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast. ⁵But that prophet or the dreamer of that dream shall be executed, for he spoke falsely about Yahweh your God, the one bringing you out from the land of Egypt and the one redeeming you from the house of slavery, in order to seduce you from the way that Yahweh your God commanded you to go in it; so in this way you shall purge the evil from your midst.

⁶“If your brother, the son of your mother or your son or your daughter or your wife whom you embrace^g or your intimate friend^h in secrecy says,ⁱ ‘Let us go and let us serve other gods!’ gods that you and your ancestors^j have not known,

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Footnotes

bHebrew “and”
cOr “promised/declared”
dLiterally “to say”
eLiterally “a testing of Yahweh your God concerning you in order to know whether there is you loving”
fOr “soul”
gLiterally “or the wife of your embrace”
hLiterally “your friend who is like your soul/inner self”
iLiterally “to say”
jOr “fathers”