Worshipping Other gods -Deuteronomy 13

On worshipping other gods(Deuteronomy 13)

(1) If a particular, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder,
(2)and if a sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not know)"and let us worship them,"
(3) you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
(4)It is th Lord your God you must follow, and Him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey Him; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
(5)That prophet or dreamer must be put to , because he preached rebellion against the Lord you God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; He has tried to turn you from the way of the Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
(6)If your brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods (gods that neither your fathers have known,
(7) gods of peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other),
(8)do not yeild to him. Show no pity. Do not spare him or shield him.
(9) You must certainly put him to d3ath, and then the hands of the people.
(10)Stone him to d3ath, because he tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
(11)Then all Israel eill hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.
(12)If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord Your God is giving you to live in,
(13)that wicked men have arisen among you and have led the people of their town to be astray, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods"(gods you have not known),
(14)then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you,
(15) You must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. Destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock.
(16)Gather all the plunder of the town into the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It is to remain a ruin for ever, never to be rebuilt.
(17)None of those condemned things shall be foundin your hands, so that the Lord your God will turn from His fierce anger; He will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as He promised on oath to your forefathers,
(18)because you obey the Lord your God, keeping His commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes