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47 The army will stone them and hack them to pieces with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and set fire to their houses.

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47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters(A) and burn(B) down their houses.(C)

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Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.[a] So what do you say?”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:5 Lv 20:10 and Dt 22:22 mention only death, but Dt 22:23–24 prescribes stoning for a betrothed virgin.

In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women.(A) Now what do you say?”

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[a]But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them,(A) “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

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Footnotes

  1. 8:7 The first stones were to be thrown by the witnesses (Dt 17:7).

When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone(A) at her.”(B)

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