King James Version
Deuteronomy 13:9 in the King James Version says “But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all t...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Deuteronomy 13:9 · KJV
Namely, of the gods of the people which 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;
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
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.
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. bondage: Heb. bondmen
And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“him thine hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“upon him to put him to death”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
“him thine hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and afterwards”
H314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
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