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"If a prophet or someone who gets messages while dreaming arises among you and he gives you a sign or wonder,
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and the sign or wonder comes about as he predicted when he said, 'Let's follow other gods, which you have not known; and let us serve them,'
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you are not to listen to what that prophet or dreamer says. For ADONAI your God is testing you, in order to find out whether you really do love ADONAI your God with all your heart and being.
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You are to follow ADONAI your God, fear him, obey his mitzvot, listen to what he says, serve him and cling to him;
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and that prophet or dreamer is to be put to death; because he urged rebellion against ADONAI your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from a life of slavery; in order to seduce you away from the path ADONAI your God ordered you to follow. This is how you are to rid your community of this wickedness.
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"If your brother the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or your wife whom you love, or your friend who means as much to you as yourself, secretly tries to entice you to go and serve other gods, which you haven't known, neither you nor your ancestors -
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gods of the peoples surrounding you, whether near or far away from you, anywhere in the world -
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you are not to consent, and you are not to listen to him; and you must not pity him or spare him; and you may not conceal him.
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Rather, you must kill him! Your own hand must be the first one on him in putting him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
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You are to stone him to death; because he has tried to draw you away from ADONAI your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery.