17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages 1 that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God 2 and breaks his covenant
Deuteronomy 17:6-7
17:6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
17:7 The witnesses 3 must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people 4 are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
1 tnHeb “gates.”
2 tnHeb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”
3 tnHeb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).