8. you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him;
9. but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
10. You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
11. All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more wickedness like this amongst you.
12. If you shall hear about one of your cities, which the Lord your God gives you to dwell there, that
13. certain wicked fellows have gone out from amongst you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which you have not known;
14. then you shall enquire, and make search, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done amongst you,
15. you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.
16. You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all of its plunder, to the Lord your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.
17. Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;
18. when you listen to the Lord your God’s voice, to keep all his commandments which I command you today, to do that which is right in the Lord your God’s eyes.