Deuteronomy 17:7

The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

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WEBBE

The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from amongst you.

BSB

The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.

KJV

The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

ASV

The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

BBE

The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

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יַד yad [the] hand of H3027 הָעֵדִים ha·'e·dim the witnesses H5707 תִּהְיֶה־ tih·yeh- it will be H1961 בּוֹ bo on (the) him H9033 בָרִאשֹׁנָה va·ri·sho·nah at the first H7223 לַהֲמִיתוֹ la·ha·mi·to to put to death him H4191 וְיַד ve·yad and [the] hand of H3027 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 בָּאַחֲרֹנָה ba·'a·cha·ro·nah at the last H314 וּבִעַרְתָּ u·vi·'ar·ta and you will remove H1197 הָרָע ha·ra' the evil H7451 מִקִּרְבֶּךָ פ mi·kir·be·cha from midst your H7130

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

No creature which had any blemish was to be offered in sacrifice to God. We are thus called to remember the perfect, pure, and spotless sacrifice of Christ, and reminded to serve God with the best of our abilities, time, and possession, or our pretended obedience will be hateful to him. So great a punishment as death, so remarkable a death as stoning, must be inflicted on the Jewish idolater. Let all who in our day set up idols in their hearts, remember how God punished this crime in Israel.

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