All the people will hear about this punishment and be afraid. And they will not be stubborn any more.
Then all the people of Israel will hear and be afraid. And they will not do those evil things any more.
“The Lord your God has given you cities to live in. Sometimes you might hear some bad news about one of these cities. You might hear that
“You must punish any person that refuses to obey the judge or the priest that is there at that time serving the Lord your God. That person must die. You must remove that evil person from Israel.
Other people will hear about this and be afraid. And those people will not do evil things like that again.