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The Witness's Burden
Commentators explain that requiring the accuser to cast the first stone was a powerful legal safeguard. This provision ensured a person would be extremely cautious before making an accusation, as they would have to personally participate in the execution. It discouraged false testimony and using the law to settle personal quarrels.
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Deuteronomy
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Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 13:9
19th Century
Bishop
Your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death. —A law tending to prevent false accusation. Where the witness is obliged to carry o…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 13:9
16th Century
Theologian
But thou shalt surely kill him. He did not intend for everyone to privately execute vengeance without a public trial; instead, he referred…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 13:9
17th Century
Pastor
But you shall surely kill him
Not privately and secretly, when and where he entices, nor the enticed himself by his …
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 13:6–11
17th Century
Minister
It is Satan's policy to try to lead us to evil through those we love, whom we least suspect of any evil design, and whom we desire to please and ar…