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and the sign or the wonder comes true, of which he spoke to you, saying, '^(C1)Let's follow other gods (whom you have not known) and let's serve them,'

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is ^(C1)testing you to find out whether ^(C2)you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

"^(C1)You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and ^(C2)cling to Him.

"But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be ^(C1)put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of ^(F1)slavery, ^(C2)to drive you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. ^(C3)So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

"^(C1)If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife ^(F1)you cherish, or your friend who is like your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, '^(C2)Let's go and serve other gods' (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you, or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end),

^(C1)you shall not consent to him or listen to him; ^(C2)and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.

"^(C1)Instead, you shall most certainly kill him; ^(C2)your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.

"So you shall stone him ^(F1)to death, because he has attempted ^(C1)to drive you away from the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ^(F2)slavery.