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

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Study note

Setting — Moses instructs the Israelite community on the judicial procedure for a stubborn and rebellious son, directing the local elders to present the case before the city gates. The words — The command uses וּבִֽעַרְתָּ (u./vi.'ar.Ta) meaning "and you will remove" paired with הָרָע (ha./Ra') meaning "the evil," which the text applies directly to the execution of the condemned son. The thread — The phrase "purge the evil from among you" reappears in Deuteronomy 19:19 regarding false witnesses and in Deuteronomy 13:5 concerning prophets who advocate rebellion against the LORD. Why it lands — The text requires the city men to stone the son to death, establishing that communal obedience to parental and divine authority is enforced through irreversible judicial action.

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The Hebrew words

וּ֠רְגָמֻהוּU./re.ga.mu./huand/ they will stone/ him כָּל־kol-all אַנְשֵׁ֨י'an.Shei[the] men of עִיר֤וֹi.R/ocity/ his בָֽאֲבָנִים֙va./'a.va.Nimwith <the>/ stones וָמֵ֔תva./Metand/ he will die וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥u./vi.'ar.Taand/ you will remove הָרָ֖עha./Ra'the/ evil מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָmi./kir.Be./chafrom/ midst/ your וְכָל־ve./kholand/ all יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael יִשְׁמְע֥וּyish.me.'Uthey will hear וְיִרָֽאוּ׃ סve./yi.Ra.'uand/ they may fear

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.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 19:19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
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 13:5 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 from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
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 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.
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.