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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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