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.
Parallel translations
- KJV But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
- BSB Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
- NKJV but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
- NASB Instead, you shall most certainly kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
- NLT You must put them to death! Strike the first blow yourself, and then all the people must join in.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
- Deut 17:2–7If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight, in transgressing his covenant,
- Matt 10:37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
- John 8:7But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
- Acts 7:58They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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