God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 13:9
9You must put them to death. You must start the execution. Then all the other people will join you in putting them to death.
Deuteronomy 13:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)You must certainly put them to death. Your hand must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Deuteronomy 13:9
7They may be the gods of the people around you, who live near or far, from one end of the land to the other.) 8Don’t be influenced by any of these people or listen to them. Have no pity on them. Don’t feel sorry for them or protect them. You must put them to death. You must start the execution. Then all the other people will join you in putting them to death. 10Stone them to death because they were trying to lead you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt. 11All Israel will hear about it and be afraid. Then no one among you will ever do such a wicked thing again.
Read all of Deuteronomy 13Deuteronomy 13:9 word by word
כִּ֤י הָרֹג֙ תַּֽהַרְגֶ֔נּוּ יָֽדְךָ֛ תִּֽהְיֶה־בּ֥וֹ בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖ה לַהֲמִית֑וֹ וְיַ֥ד כָּל־הָעָ֖ם בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 13:9
- Deuteronomy 17:2In one of the cities the Lord your God is giving you, there may be a man or woman among you who is doing what the Lord considers evil. This person may be disregarding the conditions of the Lord’s promise
- Matthew 10:37“The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple.
- Luke 14:26“If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples.
- Deuteronomy 17:7The witnesses must start the execution, then all the other people will join them in putting the person to death. You must get rid of this evil.
- John 8:7When they persisted in asking him questions, he straightened up and said, “The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone at her.”
- Acts 7:58and after they had thrown him out of the city, they began to stone him to death. The witnesses left their coats with a young man named Saul.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 13:9
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 It is the policy of Satan to try to lead us to evil by those whom we love, whom we least suspect of any ill design, and whom we are desirous to please, and apt to conform to. The enticement here is supposed to come from a brother or child, who are near by nature; from a wife or friend, who are near by choice, and are to us as our souls. But it is our duty to prefer God and religion, before the nearest and dearest friends we have in the world…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Your hand must be the first against him: Because the guilty person could be someone from your own family, this command was very difficult. It tested how deeply a person was committed to worship the Lord alone (13:6). God required his people to love and obey him above all else. Their love for God had to come before their love for family members and friends (Matthew 10:34–39).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. thou shalt surely kill him--not hastily, or in a private manner, but after trial and conviction; and his relative, as informer, was to cast the first stone (see on De 17:2; Ac 7:58). It is manifest that what was done in secret could not be legally proved by a single informer; and hence Jewish writers say that spies were set in some private part of the house, to hear the conversation and watch the conduct of a person suspected of idolatrous tendencies.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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