Deuteronomy 13:9

American Standard Version

but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

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Deuteronomy 13:9 in other translations

but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.

Deuteronomy 13:9 · World English Bible

Deuteronomy 13:9 in context

  1. 7of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
  2. 8thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
  3. 9but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
  4. 10And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  5. 11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.