Midrash for Sanhedrin 122:10
רבא אמר אידי ואידי בניסת מפי אחרים הא דא"ל כך אוכלת כך שותה כך מטיבה כך מריעה הא דלא א"ל כך אוכלת כך שותה כו'
Raba said, Whence do I learn this? — From the verse, [<i>If thy brother … entice thee … saying let us go and serve other gods; …] Namely, of the gods of</i> <i>the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee or far from thee</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 8. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 13:8) "Of the gods of the peoples around you, who are near to you or who are far from you": From what you know of (the inefficacy of the gods of) the near ones, you should know what the far ones are like.
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