Deuteronomy 17:2-4

Lexham English Bible

² If there is found in one of your towns^[a] that Yahweh your God is giving to you a man or a woman that does evil in the eyes of Yahweh your God to transgress his covenant ³ and by going and serving other gods and so he bows down to them and to the sun or to the moon or to any of the host of heaven which I have forbidden,^{[b] 4} and it is reported to you or you hear about it and you enquire about it thoroughly and, indeed,^[c] the trustworthiness of the deed^[d] has been established, it has occurred,^[e] this detestable thing, in Israel,