Deuteronomy 21:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The men of the town will stone that son to death, because they must get rid of the evil he brought into the community. Everyone in Israel will be afraid when they hear how he was punished.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:17

They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and put a big pile of rocks over it. Meanwhile, the people of Israel had all run back to their own homes.

Exodus 21:17

Death is the punishment for cursing your father or mother.

Proverbs 30:17

Don't make fun of your father or disobey your mother— crows will peck out your eyes, and vultures will eat the rest of you.

Leviticus 20:2

to say to the community of Israel: Death by stoning is the penalty for any citizens or foreigners in the country who sacrifice their children to the god Molech.

Leviticus 20:27

If you claim to receive messages from the dead, you will be put to death by stoning, just as you deserve.

Leviticus 24:14

This man has cursed me! Take him outside the camp and make the witnesses lay their hands on his head. Then command the whole community of Israel to stone him to death.

Numbers 15:25

Then the priest will pray and ask me to forgive you. And since you did not mean to do wrong, and you offered sacrifices,

Numbers 15:35

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the people to take that man outside the camp and stone him to death!”

Numbers 15:36

So he was killed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

1 Corinthians 5:13

God judges everyone else. The Scriptures say, “Chase away any of your own people who are evil.”

Deuteronomy 13:12

After the LORD your God gives you towns to live in, you may hear a rumour about one of the towns.

Deuteronomy 13:5

because he rescued you from slavery in Egypt. If a prophet tells you to disobey the LORD your God and to stop worshipping him, then that prophet is evil and must be put to death.

Deuteronomy 13:6

Someone else may say to you, “Let's worship other gods.” That person may be your best friend, your brother or sister, your son or daughter, or your own dear wife or husband. But you must not listen to people who say such things. Instead, you must stone them to death. You must be the first to throw the stones, then others from the community will finish the job. Don't show any pity. The gods worshipped by other nations have never done anything for you or your ancestors. People who ask you to worship other gods are trying to get you to stop worshipping the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. So put to death anyone who asks you to worship another god.

Deuteronomy 17:5

But you will need two or three witnesses—one witness isn't enough to prove a person guilty. Get rid of those who are guilty of such evil. Take them outside your town gates and let everyone stone them to death. But the witnesses must be the first to throw stones.

Deuteronomy 21:20

The parents will tell the leaders, “This son of ours is stubborn and never obeys. He spends all his time drinking and feasting.”

Deuteronomy 22:21

the men of the town will take the woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death. This woman brought evil into your community by sleeping with someone before she got married, and you must get rid of that evil by killing her.