You must not have any other gods ¹  besides me. ² 

They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors ¹  had not known about.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. ¹ 

You must not go after other gods, those ¹  of the surrounding peoples,

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods! ¹ 

They made him jealous with other gods, ¹  they enraged him with abhorrent idols. ² 

He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”

You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! ¹  For everything that is abhorrent ²  to him, ³  everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

However, if you ¹  turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ¹  to the other).

by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, ¹  moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. ² 

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship ¹  their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving ¹  you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship ²  them.

But I will certainly ¹  hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they ²  will have done by turning to other gods.

for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.