13Prophets or those who tell the future with dreams might come to you and say they will show you a miracle or a sign. ²The miracle or sign might even happen, and then they might say, “Let’s serve other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let’s worship them.” ³But you must not listen to those prophets or dreamers. The Lord your God is testing you, to find out if you love him with your whole being. ⁴Serve only the Lord your God. Respect him, keep his commands, and obey him. Serve him and be loyal to him. ⁵The prophets or dreamers must be killed, because they said you should turn against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and saved you from the land where you were slaves. They tried to turn you from doing what the Lord your God commanded you to do. You must get rid of the evil among you.

⁶Someone might try to lead you to serve other gods—it might be your brother, your son or daughter, the wife you love, or a close friend. The person might say, “Let’s go and worship other gods.” (These are gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, ⁷gods of the people who live around you, either nearby or far away, from one end of the land to the other.) ⁸Do not give in to such people. Do not listen or feel sorry for them, and do not let them go free or protect them. ⁹You must put them to death. You must be the first one to start to kill them, and then everyone else must join in. ¹⁰You must throw stones at them until they die, because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves. ¹¹Then everyone in Israel will hear about this and be afraid, and no one among you will ever do such an evil thing again.

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