Deuteronomy 17:7

“The hand of the witnesses shall be against him first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward. So you shall remove the evil from among you.”
Deuteronomy 17:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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The handיַדof the witnessesהָעֵדִיםshall beתִּהְיֶהagainst himבּוֹfirstבָרִאשֹׁנָהto put him to death,לַהֲמִיתוֹand the handוְיַדof allכָּלthe peopleהָעָםafterward.בָּאַחֲרֹנָהSo you shall removeוּבִעַרְתָּthe evilהָרָעfrom among you.מִקִּרְבֶּךָ

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 5:13

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Paul uses without a formula the phrase with which Deuteronomy closes several laws (13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21, 24; 24:7).

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Greek of the New Testament: τοὺς δὲ ἔξω ὁ θεὸς κρίνει ἐξάρατε τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): יַד הָעֵדִים תִּהְיֶה בּוֹ בָרִאשֹׁנָה לַהֲמִיתוֹ וְיַד כָּל הָעָם בָּאַחֲרֹנָה וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 17:7-8 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἡ χεὶρ τῶν μαρτύρων ἴστ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐν πρώτοις θανατῶσαι αὐτόν, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπ’ ἔσχ’ τῶν· καὶ ἐξαρεῖς τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν. Ἐὰν δὲ ἀδυνατήσῃ ἀπὸ σοῦ ῥῆμα ἐν κρίσει ἀνὰ μέσον αἷμα αἵματος, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον κρίσις κρίσεως, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ἁφὴ ἁφῆς, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ἀντιλογία ἀντιλογίας, ῥήματα κρίσεως ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑμῶν· καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀναβήσῃ εἰς τὸν τόπον ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐκεῖ,

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Deuteronomy 17:7, word by word

The handיַדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears

of the witnessesעֵדִיםedim

witness

Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.

Where else “edim” appears

shall beתִּהְיֶהtihye

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tihye” appears

firstרִאשֹׁנָהrishona

first

What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.

Where else “rishona” appears

to put him to deathהֲמִיתhamit

kill

To kill someone.

Where else “hamit” appears

the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears

afterwardאַחֲרֹנָהacharona

last

What comes at the end or goes behind something else.

Where else “acharona” appears

So you shall removeבִעַרְתָּviarta

sweep away

To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".

Where else “viarta” appears

the evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears

from among youקִּרְבֶּkirbe

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kirbe” appears

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 5:13

Paul uses without a formula the phrase with which Deuteronomy closes several laws (13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21, 24; 24:7).

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Deuteronomy 17:7

⁷The hand of the witnesses shall be against him first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

1 Corinthians 5:13

¹³But those outside God judges. Remove the evil person from among yourselves.

The context

6On the word of two witnesses or three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the word of one witness.

7 · This verse (above)

8If a matter for judgment is too difficult for you, between blood and blood, between case and case, and between blow and blow, matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses.

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