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"^(C1)You shall not plant for yourself an ^(F1)Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.

"And ^(C1)you shall not set up for yourself a memorial stone, which the LORD your God hates.

"^(C1)You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep which has a blemish or any ^(F1)defect, for that is a detestable thing to the LORD your God.

"^(C1)If there is found in your midst, in any of your ^(F1)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,

and that person has gone and ^(C1)served other gods and worshiped them, ^(C2)or the sun, the moon, or any of the heavenly ^(F1)lights, ^(C3)which I have commanded not to do,

and if it is reported to you and you have heard about it, then you shall investigate thoroughly. And ^(F1)if it is true and the report is trustworthy that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,

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 ^(C1)you shall stone them to ^(F1)death.

"^(C1)On the ^(F1)testimony of two witnesses or three witnesses, the ^(F2)condemned shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the ^(F1)testimony of only one witness.

"^(C1)The hands of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. ^(C2)So you shall eliminate the evil from your midst.