Deuteronomy 13:10

10 You must throw stones at them until they die, because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves.

Deuteronomy 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 13:10

And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die
It was not sufficient to answer the end of the law to cast a few stones at him, but he was to be stoned to death:

because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God;
to compel by force of argument, or the dint of persuasion, to relinquish the profession of the true God, faith in him, and the worship of him:

which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
which aggravated the sin of the enticer, and would have made the sin of the enticed the more heinous had he fallen into it.

Deuteronomy 13:10 In-Context

8 Do not give in to such people. Do not listen or feel sorry for them, and do not let them go free or protect them.

9 You must put them to death. You must be the first one to start to kill them, and then everyone else must join in.

10 You must throw stones at them until they die, because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves.

11 Then everyone in Israel will hear about this and be afraid, and no one among you will ever do such an evil thing again.

12 The Lord your God is giving you cities in which to live, and you might hear something about one of them. Someone might say