Deuteronomy 17:2 BSB

Deuteronomy 17:2

If 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

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ASV

If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

KJV

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Compare Deu 13:1 ff. Here special reference is made to the legal forms to be adopted, Deu 17:5-7. The sentence was to be carried into effect at “the gates” (compare Gen 19:1 note) of the town in which the crime was committed; because, as “all the people” were to take a part, an open space would be requisite for the execution. Note the typical and prophetical aspect of the injunction; compare Act 7:58; Heb 13:12.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was on this condition that God took them to be his peculiar people, that they should serve and worship him only as their God, so that if they gave to any other the honour which was due to him alone that covenant was void, and all the benefit of it forfeited. Other sins were transgressions of the command, but this was a transgression of the covenant.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
יִמָּצֵ֤א	yi.ma.Tze'	he will be found	H4672 →
בְקִרְבְּךָ֙	ve.kir.be.Cha	in midst your	H7130 →
בְּאַחַ֣ד	be.'a.Chad	in one of	H259 →
שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ	she.'a.Rei.kha	gates your	H8179 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
נֹתֵ֣ן	no.Ten	[is] about to give	H5414 →
לָ֑ךְ	Lakh	to <the> you
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	a man	H376 →
אוֹ־	'ov-	or	H176 →
אִשָּׁ֗ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה	ya.'a.Seh	he will do	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרַ֛ע	ha.Ra'	the evil	H7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
יְהוָֽה־	Yah.weh-	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
לַעֲבֹ֥ר	la.'a.Vor	by transgressing	H5674 →
בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃	be.ri.To	covenant his	H1285 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 6:7
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
leads to
- Genesis 3:11
  “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
- Hosea 5:7
  They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- Hosea 8:1
  Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
Through
Hosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
leads to
- Hosea 6:7
  But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
- Deuteronomy 28:49
  The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Through
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these…
leads to
- Acts 5:1–2
  Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
Through
Judges 2:20
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
leads to
- Judges 2:14
  Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
Through
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.
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.

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