17:7 The witnesses 1 must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people 2 are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 17:12
17:12 The person who pays no attention 3 to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
1 tnHeb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
2 tnHeb “the hand of all the people.”
3 tnHeb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).