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Deuteronomy 17:6-8
New English Translation

6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses the person must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 7 The witnesses[a] must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people[b] are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.

Appeal to a Higher Court

8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge—bloodshed,[c] legal claim,[d] or assault[e]—matters of controversy in your villages[f]—you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:7 tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
  2. Deuteronomy 17:7 tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”
  3. Deuteronomy 17:8 tn Heb “between blood and blood.”
  4. Deuteronomy 17:8 tn Heb “between claim and claim.”
  5. Deuteronomy 17:8 tn Heb “between blow and blow.”
  6. Deuteronomy 17:8 tn Heb “gates.”
  7. Deuteronomy 17:8 tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.
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Deuteronomy 17:6-8
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6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(A) 7 The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death,(B) and then the hands of all the people.(C) You must purge the evil(D) from among you.

Law Courts

8 If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge(E)—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults(F)—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.(G)

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