As the national covenant with Jehovah was renewed, it was determined that the whole nation should be included, and that all who would not take their stand for God should be put to death. In the time of Moses the death penalty was prescribed for those who might be found guilty of “transgressing his covenant” by worshiping any other god (Deut. 17:2-7; cf. Ex. 22:20; Deut. 13:6-10, 12-15).