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Deuteronomy 13:9
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 13:9
New English Translation
9 Instead, you must kill him without fail![a] Your own hand must be the first to strike him,[b] and then the hands of the whole community.
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- Deuteronomy 13:9 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail” (cf. NIV “you must certainly put him to death”).
- Deuteronomy 13:9 tn Heb “to put him to death,” but this is misleading in English for such an action would leave nothing for the others to do.
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