Deuteronomy 17:5
in Deuteronomy 17you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.
KJV
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then shalt thou bring forth that man
on Deuteronomy 17:5-6
Sentence is carried out at the gates, the open ground where a town did its legal business, and Albert Barnes ties the choice of place to the fact that all the people had to be able to take part. Two or three witnesses are required in a capital case, and Numbers 35:30 lays the same floor on a charge of murder. Hebrews 10:28 quotes this verse, that he who despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses, and the same number governs church discipline at Matthew 18:16, 2 Corinthians 13:1 and 1 Timothy 5:19.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The Authority of the Judges. 8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the L ORD thy God shall choose;
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Thou shall bring forth that man or that woman which have committed the wicked thing,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
If there be found among you . . . man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness--The grand object contemplated in choosing Israel was to preserve the knowledge and worship of the one true God; and hence idolatry of any kind, whether of the heavenly bodies or in some grosser form, is called "a transgression of His covenant." No rank or sex could palliate this crime.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֽוֹצֵאתָ֣ | vehotzeta | and you will bring out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאִ֣ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַה֡וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אוֹ֩ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאִשָּׁ֨ה | haishah | the woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| הַהִ֜וא | hahiv' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָ֠שׂוּ | ʾasu | they have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדָּבָ֨ר | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָרָ֤ע | hara' | <the> evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| הַזֶּה֙ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ | sheareikha | gates your | H8179 → | 374 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאִ֕ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| א֖וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאִשָּׁ֑ה | haishah | the woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| וּסְקַלְתָּ֥ם | usekaltam | and you will stone them | H5619 → | 22 times |
| בָּאֲבָנִ֖ים | baavanim | with <the> stones | H68 → | 273 times |
| וָמֵֽתוּ׃ | vametu | and they will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
וְהֽוֹצֵאתָ֣and you will bring out
vehotzetaH3318 →1067 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאִ֣ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
הַה֡וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
אוֹ֩or
ʾoH176 →321 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאִשָּׁ֨הthe woman
haishahH802 →781 times
הַהִ֜וא<the> that
hahiv'H1931 →1879 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָ֠שׂוּthey have done
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדָּבָ֨רthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הָרָ֤ע<the> evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
הַזֶּה֙<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָgates your
sheareikhaH8179 →374 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאִ֕ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
א֖וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאִשָּׁ֑הthe woman
haishahH802 →781 times
וּסְקַלְתָּ֥םand you will stone them
usekaltamH5619 →22 times
בָּאֲבָנִ֖יםwith <the> stones
baavanimH68 →273 times
וָמֵֽתוּ׃and they will die
vametuH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 7:25“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
it leads to
- Joshua 6:18
But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and…
- Leviticus 20:2
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 2:7
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
- Joshua 6:18
Through
Deuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous…
it leads to
- Genesis 34:7
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that…
- Deuteronomy 13:5
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the…
- Genesis 34:7
Through
Leviticus 24:16Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he…
it leads to
- Matthew 12:31
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
- Matthew 12:31
Through
Leviticus 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Deuteronomy 17:7
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.