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Primary Verses:
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Deut. 13:14-15
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"Then
shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently;
and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that
such abomination is wrought among you; Thou shalt
surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge
of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is
therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the
sword."
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Deut. 17:2-6
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"If there be found among
you, within any of thy gates which YHVH thy God giveth
thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the
sight of YHVH thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped
them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of
heaven, which I have not commanded;
And it be told thee,
and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and,
behold, it be true, and the thing certain,
that such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt
thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have
committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that
man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones,
till they die. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three
witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to
death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be
put to death."
Supporting Verses:
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Deut. 19:18
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"And
the judges shall make diligent inquisition:
and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath
testified falsely against his brother;"
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Deut. 21:1-9
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"If one be found slain in the
land which YHVH thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying
in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and
they shall measure unto the cities which are round about
him that is slain: And it shall be, that the city which
is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city
shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with,
and which hath not drawn in the yoke; And the elders of
that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall
strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: And
the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them
YHVH thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to
bless in the name of YHVH;
and by their word shall every controversy and
every stroke be tried: And all the
elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man,
shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded
in the valley: And they shall answer and say, Our hands
have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen
it. Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom
thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy
people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be
forgiven them. So shalt thou put away the guilt of
innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that
which is right in the sight of YHVH."
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