¹² If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord your God is giving you to live in 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)