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Deuteronomy 17:5

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Deuteronomy 17:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:5

Theological / Devotional

Thy gates. See ch. 16:18. For “gates,” meaning the structure of the entrance into the city. Here, in rooms built for the purpose, elders, judges, and the king sat officially (see on Gen. 19:1).

Stone them. See Lev. 24:14; Num. 15:36; Deut. 22:24; Acts 7:58, 59.

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