Deuteronomy 21:21 “Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purg…”

Deuteronomy 21:21

Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

World English Bible

All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.

American Standard Version

And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then all the men of his citie shall stone him with stones vnto death: so thou shalt take away euill from among you, that all Israel may heare it, and feare.

Darby Translation

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

Young's Literal Translation

and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.

Bible in Basic English

Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

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Cross references

“all the men”

Leviticus 24:16 Deuteronomy 17:5 Deuteronomy 13:10 Deuteronomy 13:11

Leviticus 24:16 · BSB

Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

Deuteronomy 17:5 · BSB

you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

Deuteronomy 13:10 · BSB

Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 13:11 · BSB

Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

“so shalt thou”

Deuteronomy 13:5 Deuteronomy 22:21 Deuteronomy 22:24 Deuteronomy 19:19 Deuteronomy 19:20

Deuteronomy 13:5 · BSB

Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you…

Deuteronomy 22:21 · BSB

she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the…

Deuteronomy 22:24 · BSB

you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil…

Deuteronomy 19:19 · BSB

you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:20 · BSB

Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

Read Deuteronomy 21