Deuteronomy 17:13

Then after that person is executed, all the people will hear about it, and they will be afraid, and none of them will act that way any more.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

In Context

12You must execute anyone who proudly/arrogantly disobeys the judge or the priest who stands there in the presence of Yahweh and decides what should be done. By doing that, you will get rid of evil practices among you.

14“ I know that after you have occupied the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you are living there, you will say, ‘We should have a king to rule over us, like the kings that other nations around us have.’

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11When they are executed, all the Israeli people will hear what happened, and they will become afraid, and none of them will do such an evil thing again.

Deuteronomy 19:20And/Because when that person is punished, everyone will hear what has happened, and they will be afraid, and no one will dare to act that way any more.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:9-14

The Authority of the Judges. ( b. c. 1451.) 8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the… Read the whole commentary →

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