^4 (A)Hear, O Israel!^[a] The Lord is our God, the Lord alone!

^14 (A)You shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the surrounding peoples— ¹⁵ for the Lord, your God who is in your midst, is a passionate God—lest the anger of the Lord, your God, flare up against you and he destroy you from upon the land.

^2 (A)If there is found in your midst, in any one of the communities which the Lord, your God, gives you, a man or a woman who does evil in the sight of the Lord, your God, and transgresses his covenant,^{(B) 3} by going to serve other gods, by bowing down to them, to the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, contrary to my command;^{(C) 4} and if you are told or hear of it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the truth of the matter is established that this abomination has been committed in Israel, ⁵ you shall bring the man or the woman who has done this evil deed out to your gates^[a] and stone the man or the woman to death. ⁶ Only on the testimony of two or three witnesses shall a person be put to death;^(D) no one shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. ⁷ The hands of the witnesses shall be the first raised to put the person to death, and afterward the hands of all the people.^(E) Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.