What happensPermalink
Moses discusses three ways Israelites might be convinced to worship other gods, and he instructs them to put the idolaters to death and return to God.
Why it mattersPermalink
This instruction is the national version of Jesus’s requirement that, if your eye or hand causes you to go astray, you cut it off to save the rest of the body.
Key versePermalink
“You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.”