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Deuteronomy 13:9

“Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.”

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⁷The gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),

⁸You must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

⁹Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

¹⁰Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

¹¹Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

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