and if it is reported to you and you have heard about it, then you shall investigate thoroughly. And [a]if it is true and the report is trustworthy that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, then you are to bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil deed, that is, the man or the woman, and (A)you shall stone them to [b]death. (B)On the [c]testimony of two witnesses or three witnesses, the [d]condemned shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the [e]testimony of only one witness.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:4 Lit behold, true
  2. Deuteronomy 17:5 Lit death with stones
  3. Deuteronomy 17:6 Lit mouth
  4. Deuteronomy 17:6 Lit one dying
  5. Deuteronomy 17:6 Lit mouth

and this has been brought to your attention, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true(A) and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,(B) take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.(C) On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(D)

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