Deuteronomy 17:5

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses Israel regarding the execution of those confirmed to have committed a reported abomination. The command follows a thorough investigation to verify the truth of the accusation.

The words — וְהוֹצֵאתָ (ve./ho.tze.Ta) translates literally as “and you will bring out,” while אִישׁ (ha./'Ish) and אִשָּׁה (ha./'i.Shah) denote “the man” and “the woman.”

The thread — The text links to execution protocols in Leviticus 24:14 and Leviticus 24:16, which place a blasphemer outside the camp and order the assembly to stone him. Joshua 7:25 also records Israel carrying out a commanded execution.

Why it lands — The text commands the community to move the convicted person to the gates and stone them to death. It requires direct action against the specific individual verified by the preceding investigation.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

Cross-references

Leviticus 24:14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
Joshua 7:25 “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
Leviticus 24:16 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 13:10 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 22:21 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 evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 22:24 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 from among you.
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.