KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 13
6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
7 [Namely], 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;
8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
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.
10 And 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.
11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
12 If thou shalt hear [say] in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforהָרֹג֙H2026 · ha.ragto killתַּֽהַרְגֶ֔נּוּH2026 · ha.ragto killיָֽדְךָ֛H3027 · yadhandתִּֽהְיֶה־H1961 · ha.yahto beבּ֥וֹH9033 · ohimבָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖הH7223 · ri.shonfirstלַהֲמִית֑וֹH4191 · mutto dieוְיַ֥דH3027 · yadhandכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleבָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃H314 · a.cha.ronlast
Cross-references
John 8:7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Acts 7:58And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.Deuteronomy 17:2-7If 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,Luke 14:26If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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