⁷ The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death,^(A) and then the hands of all the people.^(B) You must purge the evil^(C) from among you.

¹² Anyone who shows contempt^(A) for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering^(B) there to the Lord your God is to be put to death.^(C) You must purge the evil from Israel.^(D)

¹³ Show no pity.^(A) You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood,^(B) so that it may go well with you.

¹⁹ then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party.^(A) You must purge the evil from among you.

⁹ and you will have purged^(A) from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.