Deuteronomy21:21

Translation

Then all the men of the city shall stone him with stones and you shall purge

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the evil from among you; all ISRAEL will hear and be afraid.

Paraphrase

Then all the men of the city must stone him with chunks of stone and in this way you will purge the evil from among you; all THOSE WHO NEVER LET GO OF GOD will hear what happened and they will not want it to happen to them too.

Footnotes

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The word I and most people translate as “purge” really means to “burn or consume with fire.” It is a very strong word. Since evil is not a physical object that can be burned, “purge” is the best rendering of it.