1 If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams
arises among you, and he gives you a sign
or a wonder,

2 and the sign or the wonder comes to
pass, of which he spoke to you, saying,
“Let’s go after other gods” (which you have
not known) “and let’s serve them,”

3 you shall not listen to the words of that
prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for
Yahweh your God is testing you, to know
whether you love Yahweh your God with
all your heart and with all your soul.

4 You shall walk after Yahweh your God,
fear him, keep his commandments, and
obey his voice. You shall serve him, and
cling to him.

5 That prophet, or that dreamer of
dreams, shall be put to death, because he
has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your
God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt and redeemed you out of the house
of bondage, to draw you aside out of the
way which Yahweh your God commanded
you to walk in. So you shall remove the evil
from among you.

6 If your brother, the son of your mother,
or your son, or your daughter, or the wife
of your bosom, or your friend who is as
your own soul, entices you secretly, saying,
“Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you
have not known, you, nor your fathers;

7 of the gods of the peoples who are
around you, near to you, or far off from
you, from the one end of the earth even to
the other end of the earth—

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.