9. You must certainly put them to death. You must be the first to throw stones at them. Then all of the people must do the same thing.
10. Put them to death by throwing stones at them. They tried to turn you away from the Lord your God. He brought you out of Egypt. That's the land where you were slaves.
11. After you kill those who tempted you, all of the people of Israel will hear about it. And they will be too scared to do an evil thing like that again.
12. The Lord your God is giving you towns to live in. But suppose you hear something bad about one of those towns.