NET Bible
"The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you."
— Deuteronomy 17:7, NET Bible
“The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.”
“The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. ”
“The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.”
“The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterwards the hands of the rest of the people: that thou mayst take away the evil out of the midst of thee.”
“The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.”
“The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.”
When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,
you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.
At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.
You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.