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You must worship him. You must honor him. Keep his commands. Obey him. Serve him. Remain true to him. That prophet or dreamer must be put to death. He told you not to obey the Lord your God. The Lord brought you out of Egypt. He set you free from the land where you were slaves. He commanded you to live the way he wants you to. But that prophet or dreamer has tried to get you to be unfaithful to the Lord. Get rid of that evil person.

Suppose your very own brother or sister secretly tempts you to do something wrong. Or your child or the wife you love tempts you. Or your closest friend does it. Suppose one of them says, “Let’s go and worship other gods.” But you and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods before.

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It is the Lord your God you must follow,(A) and him you must revere.(B) Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast(C) to him. That prophet or dreamer must be put to death(D) for inciting rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn(E) you from the way the Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil(F) from among you.

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices(G) you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods”(H) (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

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