then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you (A)shall stone that man or woman to death with stones. (B)On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. (C)The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So (D)you shall purge[a] the evil[b] from your midst.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:7 Septuagint drive out; also verse 12
  2. Deuteronomy 17:7 Or evil person; also verse 12

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