⁴ Serve only the Lord your God. ·Respect [Fear] him, keep his commands, and ·obey him [^Llisten to his voice]. Serve him and ·be loyal [cling] to him. ⁵ The prophets or dreamers must be killed, because they said you should turn against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and ·saved [ransomed; redeemed] you from the ·land where you were slaves [^Lhouse of bondage]. They tried to turn you from ·doing what [^Lthe way] the Lord your God commanded you to ·do [go]. You must ·get rid of [banish; purge] the evil among you.

⁶ Someone might try to ·lead you to serve other gods [^Lsecretly entice you]—it might be your brother, your son or daughter, the wife you ·love [embrace], or a ·close [intimate] friend. The person might say, “Let’s go and worship other gods.” (These are gods that neither you nor your ·ancestors [fathers] have known,