¹³ that troublemakers^(A) have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known), ¹⁴ then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly.^(B) And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you,^{(C) 15} you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely,^[a](D) both its people and its livestock.^(E)