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Deuteronomy 13:10

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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    (13-11) And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to draw thee away from the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to Deuteronomy 13:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Joshua 7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you today.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
  • Exodus 20:2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Leviticus 20:2 “Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, ‘Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone that person with stones.
  • Leviticus 20:27 “ ‘A man or a woman that is a medium or is a wizard shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones. Their blood shall be upon themselves.’ ”
  • Leviticus 24:14-16 “Bring him who cursed out of the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. He who blasphemes Yahweh’s name, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. The foreigner as well as the native-born shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name.
  • Leviticus 24:23 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Numbers 15:35-36 Yahweh said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.” All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Deuteronomy 21:21 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.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:21 They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of Yahweh’s house.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones,…

Deu 13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Ver. 10. To thrust thee away.] By force, not of arms, but of arguments; as the Valentinians, Qui prius persuadebant quam docebant. {a} Thus Jeroboam is said to have driven Israel from following the Lord. {1Ki 14:16}

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{a} Tertull.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 he has tried to draw you away from Yahweh

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