10. You 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.
11. Then everyone in Israel will hear about this and be afraid, and no one among you will ever do such an evil thing again.
12. The Lord your God is giving you cities in which to live, and you might hear something about one of them. Someone might say
13. that evil people have moved in among you. And they might lead the people of that city away from God, saying, “Let’s go and worship other gods.” (These are gods you have not known.)
14. Then you must ask about it, looking into the matter and checking carefully whether it is true. If it is proved that a hateful thing has happened among you,