Deuteronomy 17:5

thou shalt bring forth that man or woman, and stone them with stones that they die.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

In Context

4And it be told thee, and thou hast heard; thou shalt inquire fairly, and if such word be true that this abomination hath been wrought in Israel,

6On the word of two witnesses or, of three shall he die who is guilty of death: he shall not die on the word of one witness.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:19Whosoever sacrificeth to the idols of the Gentiles shall be put to death: but to the Name of the Lord alone.

Leviticus 24:14Bring forth him who hath imprecated without the camp, and let all who heard lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Deuteronomy 13:10But killing thou shalt kill him; thy hand shall be upon him the first to kill him, and afterwards the hand of all the people;

Deuteronomy 22:21then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of that city shall stone her with stones that she die; for she hath wrought shame in Israel in playing whoredom in her father’s house, and thou shalt put away the evil doer from among you.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:2-8

The Punishment of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of… Read the whole commentary →

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