rsv Deuteronomy:17:2-7 SEEK
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If there is found among you ,
within any of your towns which the LORD your God gives you ,
a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God ,
in transgressing his covenant ,
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and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them ,
or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven ,
which I have forbidden ,
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and it is told you and you hear of it ;
then you shall inquire diligently ,
and if it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done in Israel ,
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then you shall bring forth to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing ,
and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones .
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On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses he that is to die shall be put to death ;
a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness .
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The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death ,
and afterward the hand of all the people .
So you shall purge the evil from the midst of you .