Deuteronomio 17:7

7 Los testigos deberán arrojar las primeras piedras, y luego se sumará el resto del pueblo. De esa manera, limpiarás la maldad que hay en medio de ti.

Deuteronomio 17:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 17:7

The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him
to death
Of everyone of them, as Aben Ezra; they were to cast the first stone at him, which would be a further trial and confirmation of their testimony; for if they readily and without reluctance first began the stoning of the idolater, it would not only show their zeal for the honour of the divine Being, but an unconsciousness of guilt in their testimony, and be an encouragement to others to proceed with safety:

and afterwards the hands of all the people;
should be employed in taking up stones, and casting at him until he was dead:

so thou shall put the evil away from among you;
both the evil man and the evil committed by him, which by this means would be prevented from spreading, seeing by his death others would be deterred from following his example; as well as the evil of punishment, which otherwise would have come upon the nation, had they connived at so gross an iniquity.

Deuteronomio 17:7 In-Context

5 entonces llevarás al hombre o la mujer responsable de esa maldad hasta las puertas de la ciudad y lo matarás a pedradas.

6 Sin embargo, nunca le quites la vida a nadie por el testimonio de un solo testigo. Siempre tendrá que haber dos o tres testigos.

7 Los testigos deberán arrojar las primeras piedras, y luego se sumará el resto del pueblo. De esa manera, limpiarás la maldad que hay en medio de ti.

8 »Supongamos que a un juez local le llega un caso demasiado difícil de resolver; por ejemplo, si alguien es culpable de asesinato o de homicidio no premeditado, o bien podría ser una demanda complicada o un caso que involucra distintos tipos de agresión. Esos casos legales llévalos al lugar que el Señor
tu Dios elija

9 y preséntalos ante los sacerdotes levitas o el juez que esté de turno en esos días. Ellos oirán el caso y declararán el veredicto.