Deuteronomy 2:25

2:25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth ¹  with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.” ² 

Deuteronomy 17:7

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.

Deuteronomy 28:30

28:30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape ⁵  her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

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¹ tn Heb “under heaven” (so NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “from before you.”

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).

⁴ tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”

⁵ tc For MT reading שָׁגַל (shagal, “ravish; violate”), the Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate presume the less violent שָׁכַב (shakhav, “lie with”). The unexpected counterpart to betrothal here favors the originality of the MT.