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Deuteronomy 13:9
Deuteronomy 13:9 is verse 9 of Deuteronomy chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
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Deuteronomy 13:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),
8 you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
9 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.
10 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.
11 Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 17:2If 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
Deuteronomy 17:3and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
Deuteronomy 17:4and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,
Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
Deuteronomy 17:6On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Matthew 10:37Anyone 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;
Luke 14:26“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.
John 8:7When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.