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Deuteronomy 17:2

Context
17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages 1  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God 2  and breaks his covenant

Deuteronomy 17:6-7

Context
17:6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 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.

1 tn Heb “gates.”

2 tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

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.”



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