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Deuteronomy 13:10

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Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

KJV

And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 13

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Instead, you must surely kill him

on Deuteronomy 13:9-11

The accuser's own hand goes first, and 17:7 states the rule this clause assumes, the witnesses first and then all the people. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read it as a public judicial sentence, since one informer could not prove a secret deed without a hearing.

This site's exposition

Stone him to death

Stoning was the sentence all the people carried out, as with the blasphemer at Leviticus 24:14 and the Sabbath breaker at Numbers 15:35. The hands of all Israel were against him. Barnes reads this as the people clearing themselves of any part in the evil.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those are certainly our worst enemies that would thrust us from God, our best friend; and whatever draws us to sin, separates between us and God, is a design upon our life, and to be resented accordingly, And, lastly, here is the good effect of this necessary execution (

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

For you must surely execute him. Let your hand strike him first to execute him, and the hand of the entire people afterward.
Targum · Onkelos Deuteronomy 13:10, via Sefaria, Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּסְקַלְתּ֥וֹand you will stone him

    usekaltoH5619 →22 times

  • בָאֲבָנִ֖יםwith <the> stones

    vaavanimH68 →273 times

  • וָמֵ֑תand he will die

    vametH4191 →839 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • בִקֵּ֗שׁhe sought

    vikeshH1245 →

  • לְהַדִּֽיחֲךָ֙to thrust aside you

    lehadichakhaH5080 →55 times

  • מֵעַל֙from with

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ֛who brought out you

    hamotziakhaH3318 →1067 times

  • מֵאֶ֥רֶץfrom [the] land of

    meeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • מִבֵּ֥יתfrom a house of

    mibeitH1004 →2046 times

  • עֲבָדִֽים׃slaves

    ʾavadimH5650 →799 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.13 worksExodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.8 worksJoshua 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.3 worksDeuteronomy 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 house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.3 worksLeviticus 24:23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.2 worksNumbers 15:35–36And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 24:14–16“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.2 worksLeviticus 20:27A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”2 worksLeviticus 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.2 works2 Chronicles 24:21But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.2 worksDeuteronomy 21:21Then 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.2 worksDeuteronomy 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 in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.2 works1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.2 worksJeremiah 34:13“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Exodus 20:2

    “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 5:6

      “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

    • Hosea 13:4

      Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

    • Leviticus 26:13

      I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…

    • Psalms 81:10

      I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

    • Exodus 13:3

      So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…

  • 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…

    • 1 Chronicles 2:7

      The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

    • Deuteronomy 17:5

      you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 13 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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