Deu 13:6-9 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ If your brother , your mother’s son , or your son or daughter , or the wife you cherish , or your friend who is as your own soul , entice you secretly , saying , ‘ Let us go and serve other gods ’ ( whom neither you nor your fathers have known ,

Deuteronomy 13:6-9

6 ^a“If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife ^{▼▼ Lit of your bosom}you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, ‘ ^cLet us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end), 8 ^dyou shall not yield to him or listen to him; ^eand your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him. 9 ^f“But you shall surely kill him; ^gyour hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.