Text -- Deuteronomy 17:7 (NET)

17:7 The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 17:7

¹ tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

² tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”