Deuteronomy 17:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The hands of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from among you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ In the execution, the hands of the witnesses must be against the guilty person from the start; the hand of all the people will be involved at the end. Remove such evil from your community!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ First, the hands of the witnesses shall be upon him who will be put to death, and lastly, the hands of the remainder of the people shall be sent forth. So may you take away the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 17:7 Cross References

Leviticus 24:14

“Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and all those who heard him shall lay their hands on his head, and all the congregation shall stone him.

John 8:7

But as they kept on questioning Him, He straightened up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

1 Corinthians 5:13

But Elohim judges those who are outside. And put away the wicked one from among you!

Deuteronomy 13:10

and you shall stone him with stones until he dies, because he sought to entice you away from יהוה  your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 13:5

“And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה  your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and redeemed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה  your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 13:6

“When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’– which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,

Deuteronomy 13:9

but you shall certainly kill him. Your hand is first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people,

Deuteronomy 17:12

“And the man who acts arrogantly, so as not to listen to the priest who stands to serve there before יהוה  your Elohim, or to the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 19:19

then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 21:21

“Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. And let all Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 22:21

then they shall bring out the girl to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done wickedness in Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 22:22

“When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman. Thus you shall purge the evil from Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 22:24

then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and shall stone them to death with stones, the girl because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has humbled his neighbour’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“When a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Judges 20:13

“And now, give us the men, the sons of Beliyaʽ