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Your hand must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You must put them to death! Strike the first blow yourself, and then all the people must join in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you shall most certainly kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you shall most certainly execute him; your hand shall be first [to be raised] against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You must put them to death. You must start the execution. Then all the other people will join you in putting them to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Kill them! Be the first to stone them, and then let everyone else stone them too. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But you must surely execute him. You must be the first to put him to death with your own hand, and then the hands of the whole community. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> '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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But killing, thou shalt kill him; thy hand shall be upon him for the first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people at last.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But thou shalt presently put him to death. Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Instead, you shall put him to death promptly. Let your hand be upon him first, and after that, let the hands of all the people be sent forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />but kill that person. Your hand shall be the first raised to put such a one to death; the hand of all the people shall follow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But you shall surely kill them; your own hand shall be first against them to execute them, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But you shall surely kill him; your own hand shall start first to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But certainly kill him; your hand shall begin with him first to kill him and the hand of all the people at the end.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3985" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/13.htm">Idolaters to Be Put to Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Instead,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: hā·rōḡ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">you must surely kill him.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: ta·har·ḡen·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">Your hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">must be</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: ḇā·ri·šō·w·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">against him</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: la·hă·mî·ṯōw (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">to put him to death,</a> <a href="/hebrew/314.htm" title="314: bā·’a·ḥă·rō·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Coming after or behind. Or;acharon; from 'achar; hinder; generally, late or last; specifically western.">and then</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: wə·yaḏ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-37.htm">Matthew 10:37</a></span><br />Anyone 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-26.htm">Luke 14:26</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-29.htm">Matthew 5:29-30</a></span><br />If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. / And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-8.htm">Matthew 18:8-9</a></span><br />If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. / And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43-47</a></span><br />If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. / where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’ / If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-51.htm">Luke 12:51-53</a></span><br />Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. / From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. / They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-29.htm">Acts 5:29</a></span><br />But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17</a></span><br />Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-13.htm">1 Corinthians 5:13</a></span><br />God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-8.htm">Galatians 1:8-9</a></span><br />But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! / As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">1 Timothy 6:3-5</a></span><br />If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, / he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, / and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_john/1-10.htm">2 John 1:10-11</a></span><br />If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. / Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14-16</a></span><br />But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. / In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. / Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Exodus 32:27-28</a></span><br />He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” / The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.</p><p class="hdg">But</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm">Deuteronomy 17:2-7</a></b></br> 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, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/10-37.htm">Matthew 10:37</a></b></br> He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/14-26.htm">Luke 14:26</a></b></br> If any <i>man</i> come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.</p><p class="hdg">thine hand</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Deuteronomy 17:7</a></b></br> The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-7.htm">John 8:7</a></b></br> So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58</a></b></br> And cast <i>him</i> out of the city, and stoned <i>him</i>: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/32-22.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-18.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-18.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-16.htm">Last</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-7.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Question</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-25.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Last</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-10.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-9.htm">Question</a> <a href="/joshua/8-18.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-15.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Enticers to idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">however near to oneself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">are to be stoned to death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-12.htm">Idolatrous cities are not to be spared</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Instead, you must surely kill him.</b><br>This command is part of the Mosaic Law given to the Israelites, emphasizing the seriousness of idolatry and apostasy. In the ancient Near Eastern context, maintaining the purity of worship was crucial for the community's covenant relationship with God. The phrase underscores the severity of leading others away from Yahweh, reflecting the theocratic nature of Israel where religious and civil laws were intertwined. This directive is not a call for personal vengeance but a legal requirement to uphold communal holiness.<p><b>Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death,</b><br>This requirement for the accuser to initiate the execution serves as a safeguard against false accusations. It ensures that the accuser is fully convinced of the guilt and the necessity of the punishment. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus challenges those without sin to cast the first stone (<a href="/john/8-7.htm">John 8:7</a>), highlighting the importance of personal integrity and responsibility in judgment.<p><b>and then the hands of all the people.</b><br>The involvement of the community in the execution signifies collective responsibility in maintaining the covenant with God. It reinforces the idea that idolatry affects the entire community, not just the individual. This communal participation also serves as a deterrent against sin, as the consequences are publicly witnessed. The collective action reflects the unity and shared values of the Israelite society, emphasizing the communal aspect of their faith and obedience to God's laws.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the laws and commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/false_prophets/idolaters.htm">False Prophets/Idolaters</a></b><br>Individuals who entice others to worship other gods, which is strictly forbidden.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter, requiring them to uphold God's laws to maintain purity and faithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/community_of_israel.htm">Community of Israel</a></b><br>The collective body responsible for maintaining the covenant with God and ensuring adherence to His commandments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is a grave sin that leads people away from God. It must be dealt with decisively to protect the community's spiritual health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The community of believers is responsible for maintaining purity and faithfulness to God. This involves taking action against sin and false teachings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/radical_measures_against_sin.htm">Radical Measures Against Sin</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were commanded to take radical measures against idolatry, Christians are called to deal decisively with sin in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders within the community have a responsibility to guide and protect the flock from false teachings and idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commandments is crucial for maintaining a relationship with Him and ensuring His blessings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_esther_9_10_conflict_with_accountability.htm">Esther 9:10: Does executing Haman's sons conflict with any biblical principles on individual accountability or moral responsibility?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_israelites_bound_commands_then.htm">Exodus 13:9 - Is there any historical evidence that Israelites literally bound these commands on their hands or foreheads at this time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_kill_for_minor_offenses.htm">If life is sacred, why did God kill people for minor offenses (e.g., Uzzah touching the Ark, 2 Samuel 6:7)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_anakim_in_the_bible.htm">Who were the Anakim mentioned in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death.</span>--A law tending to prevent false accusation. Where the witness is obliged to carry out himself, or to aid in carrying out, the sentence he demands, secret accusation is impossible; and it is far less easy to pervert the law in order to prosecute a private quarrel.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Instead,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must surely kill him.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֹג֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rōḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smite with deadly intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽדְךָ֛</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּֽהְיֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(tih·yeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the first</span><br /><span class="heb">בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ri·šō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against him</span><br /><span class="heb">בּ֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">to put him to death,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַהֲמִית֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(la·hă·mî·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and then</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’a·ḥă·rō·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_314.htm">Strong's 314: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, late, last, western</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the hands</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 13:9 But you shall surely kill him (Deut. 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