² “^(A)If there is found in your midst, in any of your ^[a]towns which the Lord your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, by violating His covenant, ³ and that person has gone and ^(B)served other gods and worshiped them, ^(C)or the sun, the moon, or any of the heavenly ^[b]lights, ^(D)which I have commanded not to do, ⁴ and if it is reported to you and you have heard about it, then you shall investigate thoroughly. And ^[c]if it is true and the report is trustworthy that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, ⁵ then you are to bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil deed, that is, the man or the woman, and ^(E)you shall stone them to ^[d]death.

¹⁶ And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: ^(A)two calves. And they ^(B)made an ^[a]Asherah, and ^(C)worshiped all the heavenly ^[b]lights, and ^(D)served Baal.

⁵ Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining ^(A)heavenly ^[a]lights.