Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Let the witnesses be the first to begin executing them, then the rest of the people shall follow. By doing this you will purge evil from among you."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The witnesses’ hands are to be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people.
A Conservative Version
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 shall put away the evil from the midst of thee.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
The hand of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
Julia Smith Translation
The hand of the witnesses shall be at first upon him to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward. And put thou away the evil from the midst of thee.
King James 2000
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The hand of the witnesses shall be first against the person to kill the person, and afterward the hands [of] all the people, and [so] you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Modern King James verseion
The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterward the hands of all the people: so shalt thou put wickedness away from thee.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
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 put away the evil from the midst of you.
The Emphasized Bible
The hand of the witnesses, shall be upon him first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people, afterwards, - so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.
Webster
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 remove the evil from among you.
World English Bible
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 put away the evil from the midst of you.
Youngs Literal Translation
the hand of the witnesses is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.
Themes
Courts of justice » The judgment of » Witnesses first to execute
religious Intolerance » Of idolatrous religions, taught by moses
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Executed » By witness
Punishments » Were inflicted » By the witnesses
Stars » Punishment for worshipping
Witness » Required to throw the first stone in executing the sentence
Topics
Interlinear
Ri'shown
Muwth
Ba`ar
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Ba`ar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 17:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
6 Based on the testimony of two or three witnesses, they must surely die. But they are not to die based on the testimony of one person. 7 Let the witnesses be the first to begin executing them, then the rest of the people shall follow. By doing this you will purge evil from among you." 8 "If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the LORD your God will choose.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:9
But you must surely execute him. You must be the first to put him to death with your own hand, and then the hands of the whole community.
Deuteronomy 13:5
That prophet or diviner of dreams must be executed, because he advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and because he lured you from the way in which the LORD your God instructed you to live. Purge the evil from among you."
Deuteronomy 17:12
If a man presumptuously disregards the priest who is serving the LORD your God there or the judge, that person must die so you will purge evil from Israel.
1 Corinthians 5:13
God will judge outsiders. "Expel that wicked man."
Deuteronomy 19:19
do to him just as he intended to do to his relative. By doing this you will purge evil from your midst.
Deuteronomy 24:7
"If a man is found kidnapping his relative, a fellow Israeli, and mistreats or sells him, that kidnapper must die. By doing this, you will remove this evil from among you.
Judges 20:13
Now then, hand over the men those ungodly men, and we'll execute them in order to remove this evil from Israel."
Acts 7:58-59
ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.