Deuteronomy 17:3 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Deuteronomy 17:3

1 “You ^ashall not sacrifice to the Lord your God a bull or sheep which has any¹ blemish or defect, for that is an² abomination to the Lord your God.

2 ^a“If there is found among you, within any of your¹ gates which the Lord your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the Lord your God, ^bin transgressing His covenant,

3 who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, either ^athe sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, ^bwhich I have not commanded,

4 ^aand it is told you, and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an¹ abomination has been committed in Israel,

5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that wicked thing, and ^ashall stone ^bto death that man or woman with stones.

6 Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three ^awitnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from among ^ayou.

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Deuteronomy 17:2-7

IDOLATERS MUST BE SLAIN. (Deuteronomy 17:2-7)

If there be found among you . . . man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness—The grand object contemplated in choosing Israel was to preserve the knowledge and worship of the one true God; and hence idolatry of any kind, whether of the heavenly bodies or in some grosser form, is called "a transgression of His covenant." No rank or sex could palliate this crime. Every reported case, even a flying rumor of the perpetration of so heinous an offense, was to be judicially examined; and if proved by the testimony of competent witnesses, the offender was to be taken without the gates and stoned to death, the witnesses casting the first stone at him. The object of this special arrangement was partly to deter the witnesses from making a rash accusation by the prominent part they had to act as executioners, and partly to give a public assurance that the crime had met its due punishment.

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Deuteronomy 17:3:

Deuteronomy 17:2-7
2 Chronicles 15:10-14
Job 31:28
Hebrews 10:28

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