gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), do not yield(A) to them or listen to them. Show them no pity.(B) Do not spare them or shield them. You must certainly put them to death.(C) Your hand(D) must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people.

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Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

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