7 gods from any of the surrounding nations, whether these are near or far away, from the beginning even to the end of the earth,
8 you should neither agree with him, nor listen to him. And your eye should not spare him so that you take pity on him and conceal him.
9 Instead, you shall put him to death promptly. Let your hand be upon him first, and after that, let the hands of all the people be sent forth.
10 He shall be killed by being overwhelmed with stones. For he was willing to draw you away from the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude.
11 So may all of Israel, upon hearing this, be afraid, so that nothing like this will ever be done again.
12 If, in one of your cities which the Lord your God will give to you as a habitation, you hear someone say:
13 'The sons of Belial have departed from your midst, and they have persuaded the inhabitants of their city, and they have said: "Let us go, and serve strange gods," ' which you have not known: