Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

Of the witnesses

General references

Bible References

Of the witnesses

Deuteronomy 13:9
but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
Acts 7:58
and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

So thou

Deuteronomy 17:12
And the man that shall act presumptuously, and not hearken unto the priest that standeth to serve there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 13:5
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; for he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw thee out of the way that Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
Deuteronomy 19:19
then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
Deuteronomy 24:7
If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
Judges 20:13
Now therefore give up the men, the base fellows in Gib'e-ah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the people of Israel.
1 Corinthians 5:13
But those without God judges. Remove the wicked person from amongst yourselves.

General references

Numbers 35:30
Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.
Deuteronomy 19:20
And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.