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Deuteronomy 13:9

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13:9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! 1  Your own hand must be the first to strike him, 2  and then the hands of the whole community.

Deuteronomy 17:7

Context
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.

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[13:9]  1 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail” (cf. NIV “you must certainly put him to death”).

[13:9]  2 tn Heb “to put him to death,” but this is misleading in English for such an action would leave nothing for the others to do.

[17:7]  3 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).

[17:7]  4 tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”



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