World English Bible
Deuteronomy 13:9
“but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 13
of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;
you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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