Deuteronomy 21:21
in Deuteronomy 21Then 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.
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ASV
And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
KJV
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
If a man have two wives
on Deuteronomy 21:15-21
Both household laws take the matter out of the father's hands. The double portion is protected against a father's preference for a favoured wife's son, and the phrase used of the firstborn here, the beginning of his strength, is Jacob's phrase for Reuben at Genesis 49:3, spoken in the house where Genesis 29:31 says Leah was hated. Albert Barnes observes that a father could still set the birthright aside for cause, as Jacob did with Reuben, and that what this statute forbids is doing it out of partiality. A stubborn son is then brought by both parents to the elders in the gate and charged as a glutton and a drunkard, the pair of words at Proverbs 23:20, and the stoning is done by the men of the city, while the rabbinic tradition collected in tractate Sanhedrin narrows the conditions so far that it preserves the opinion that no such case ever came to trial.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die,....
And thus, (1.) The paternal authority was supported, and God, our common Father, showed himself jealous for it, it being one of the first and most ancient streams derived from him that is the fountain of all power.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּ֠רְגָמֻהוּ | uregamuhu | and they will stone him | H7275 → | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֨י | ʾanshei | [the] men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| עִיר֤וֹ | iro | city his | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| בָֽאֲבָנִים֙ | vaavanim | with <the> stones | H68 → | 273 times |
| וָמֵ֔ת | vamet | and he will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ | uviarta | and you will remove | H1197 → | 94 times |
| הָרָ֖ע | hara' | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ | mikirbecha | from midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| יִשְׁמְע֥וּ | yishmeu | they will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| וְיִרָֽאוּ׃ ס | veyirau | and they may fear | H3372 → | 315 times |
וּ֠רְגָמֻהוּand they will stone him
uregamuhuH7275 →
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אַנְשֵׁ֨י[the] men of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
עִיר֤וֹcity his
iroH5892 →1090 times
בָֽאֲבָנִים֙with <the> stones
vaavanimH68 →273 times
וָמֵ֔תand he will die
vametH4191 →839 times
וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥and you will remove
uviartaH1197 →94 times
הָרָ֖עthe evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָfrom midst your
mikirbechaH7130 →227 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
יִשְׁמְע֥וּthey will hear
yishmeuH8085 →1159 times
וְיִרָֽאוּ׃ סand they may fear
veyirauH3372 →315 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
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.
- John 10:33–36
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
- James 2:7
Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
- Mark 3:28–29
Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
- Matthew 12:31
Through
Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
it leads to
- 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.
- 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.
- Leviticus 24:14
Through
Deuteronomy 13:5Such 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…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 18:20
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put…
- 1 Corinthians 5:13
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
- Deuteronomy 18:20
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.