The Meaning of Deuteronomy 13:9 Explained

Deuteronomy 13:9

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.

YLT: 'But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;

Darby: 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;

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Deuteronomy 13:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 13:1-18 - Cut Out The Plague Spot
How to exterminate sources of disease is a main question with the modern world; but the stamping-out of possible sources of temptation must not less energetically be pursued by each religious soul. The prophet, the beloved associate, the community, that endeavored to turn Israel aside from God, might have no mercy shown. There was no room for those liberal views, in vogue today, that smile on the greatest divergencies of belief, if only their advocates are sincere.
For ourselves the lesson is clear enough. We must dissociate ourselves from companionships, however affectionate, which exert a deleterious effect on our characters, and draw us away from God. There is only one alternative-that we should overcome evil with good and lift them to our own ideals. If that be impossible, our course is clear. Our eye must not pity, nor our hand spare. And Jesus left no other alternative. See Mark 9:42-43. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 13

1  Enticers to idolatry
6  however near to oneself
9  are to be stoned to death
12  Idolatrous cities are not to be spared

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 13:9 mean?

But surely you shall kill him your hand shall be against him first to put him to death and the hand of all the people afterward
כִּ֤י הָרֹג֙ תַּֽהַרְגֶ֔נּוּ יָֽדְךָ֛ תִּֽהְיֶה־ בּ֥וֹ בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖ה לַהֲמִית֑וֹ וְיַ֥ד כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה

הָרֹג֙  surely 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: הָרַג  
Sense: to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand.
תַּֽהַרְגֶ֔נּוּ  you  shall  kill  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: הָרַג  
Sense: to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand.
יָֽדְךָ֛  your  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
תִּֽהְיֶה־  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בּ֥וֹ  against  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖ה  first 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
לַהֲמִית֑וֹ  to  put  him  to  death 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
וְיַ֥ד  and  the  hand 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
כָּל־  of  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעָ֖ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה  afterward 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: אַחֲרֹון  
Sense: behind, following, subsequent, western.

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