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Idolaters to Be Put to Death

Deuteronomy 13:9

In 11 translations

BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
ASV
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.
LSV
But you surely kill him; your hand is on him in the first place to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;
YLT
'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;
DBY
but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
DRC
But thou shalt presently put him to death. It Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
GNV
But thou shalt euen kill him: thine hand shall be first vpon him to put him to death, and then the handes of all the people.
JPS13:10
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.
LXXE13:10
thou shalt surely report concerning him, and thy hands shall be upon him among the first to slay him, and the hands of all the people at the last.

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Original-language editions

WLC13:10
כִּ֤י הָרֹג֙ תַּֽהַרְגֶ֔נּוּ יָֽדְךָ֛ תִּֽהְיֶה־בּ֥וֹ בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖ה לַהֲמִית֑וֹ וְיַ֥ד כָּל־הָעָ֖ם בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃KJV:Deut.13.9
LXX-Br13:10
ἀναγγέλλων ἀναγγελεῖς περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αἱ χεῖρές σου ἔσονται ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐν πρώτοις ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτὸν, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτῳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
  • John 8:7When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
  • Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  • Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
  • Deuteronomy 17:2–7If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them…

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  • 13:10 in some Bibles
  • 13:9 in most Bibles

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