Deuteronomy 17:5

then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman who hath done this wicked thing, within thy gates—the man, or the woman,—and shalt stone them with stones that they die.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 shall be told thee and thou shalt hear,—and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! true—certain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel,

6At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death,—he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:19Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 24:14Bring forth him that reviled unto the outside of the camp, then shall all that heard [him] lean their hands upon his head,—and all the assembly shall stone him.

Deuteronomy 13:10And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die,—for he hath sought to seduce thee from Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants.

Deuteronomy 22:21then shall they bring forth the damsel into the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die, because she hath wrought wickedness in Israel, by committing unchastity in her father’s house,—so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

Joshua 7:25And Joshua said—Why hast thou troubled us? Yahweh, will trouble thee, this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them up with fire, and covered them with stones;

Job 31:28That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.

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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