Deuteronomy 13:12-18

12The Lord your God will give you towns to live in. When you are there, you may hear news of people who are causing trouble.

13They may be turning the other people in their town away from the Lord. They may be saying, ‘We should worship other gods!’ Those are gods that you never knew about before.

14Then you must check carefully that the news is true. You must discover whether people really have done this wicked thing in one of your towns.

15If the news is true, you must attack that town. You must completely destroy it. Kill all the people and the animals.

16You must put all the valuable things in a heap in the town's public place. Then burn down the whole town as an offering to the Lord your God. Leave the town as a heap of stones. Nobody must ever build it again.

17You must not keep any of the valuable things for yourselves. They have been given to the Lord. If you destroy the whole town, the Lord will stop being angry. He will be kind to you and he will forgive you. He will cause you to grow into a big nation, as he promised your ancestors.

18The Lord your God will bless you if you listen to what he says. You must obey all his commands that I am giving you today. You must do the things that he says are right.