2 And the sign or wonder of which he spoke to you will come to pass, and he will say, 'Let us go after other gods, whom you do not know, and we will serve them,'

3 then thou shalt not hearken unto the words of this prophet, or to this dreamer; For by this the LORD your God is tempting you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

4 Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, keep his commandments, and hear his voice, and serve him, and cleave unto him.

5 And that prophet or dreamer shall be put to death, because he persuaded you to depart from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and delivered you out of the house of bondage, desiring to turn you away from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to go. and so destroy evil from among you.

6 If thy brother shall persuade thee in secret, or thy mother's son, or thy son, or thy daughter, or thy wife in thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, saying, Let us go, and let us serve other gods, which thou and thy fathers knew not,

7 To the gods of the nations that are round about thee, whether they are near to thee, or far from thee, from one end of the earth to the other,

8 then do not agree with him, and do not listen to him; and let not thy eye spare him, and have no pity on him, nor cover him;

9 But thou shalt kill him; your hand must be on him first of all to kill him, and then the hands of all the people;

10 Stone him unto death, for he hath sought to turn thee away from the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

11 All Israel shall hear these things, and shall be afraid, and they shall no more do such evil among thee.

12 And if thou hearest of any of thy cities which the LORD thy God giveth thee to dwell in,

13 That wicked men appeared in it from among you, and offended the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods, which you did not know,'

14 then seek out, search, and inquire well; And if it is true that this abomination has occurred among you,

15 Thou shalt smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, thou shalt put to its curse all that is in it, and smite its cattle with the edge of the sword.