Deuteronômio 17:7

7 A mão das testemunhas será a primeira contra ele, para matá-lo, e depois a mão de todo o povo; assim exterminarás o mal do meio de ti.

Deuteronômio 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.

Deuteronômio 17:7 In-Context

5 então levarás �s tuas portas o homem, ou a mulher, que tiver cometido esta maldade, e apedrejarás o tal homem, ou mulher, até que morra.

6 Pela boca de duas ou de três testemunhas, será morto o que houver de morrer; pela boca duma só testemunha não morrerá.

7 A mão das testemunhas será a primeira contra ele, para matá-lo, e depois a mão de todo o povo; assim exterminarás o mal do meio de ti.

8 Se alguma causa te for difícil demais em juizo, entre sangue e sangue, entre demanda e demanda, entre ferida e ferida, tornando-se motivo de controvérsia nas tuas portas, então te levantarás e subirás ao lugar que o Senhor teu Deus escolher;

9 virás aos levitas sacerdotes, e ao juiz que houver nesses dias, e inquirirás; e eles te anunciarão a sentença da juízo.