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Deuteronomy 17:7
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 17:7
New English Translation
7 The witnesses[a] must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people[b] are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.
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- Deuteronomy 17:7 tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
- Deuteronomy 17:7 tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”
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