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Deuteronomy 13:9

But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Deuteronomy 13:9 · King James Version

In other versions

  • but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    ASV

  • But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

    BBE

  • but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;

    DBY

  • but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    WEB

  • `But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;

    YLT

  • But you shall surely kill him; yours hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    ENG

  • But thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    WBT

  • Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

    BSB

In context

7Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

8Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

9But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

10And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

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