Deu 19:19 | NETfull | STEP | you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:19

19 you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge ^{▼▼ Heb “you will burn out” (בִּעַרְתָּ, bi’arta). Like a cancer, unavenged sin would infect the whole community. It must, therefore, be excised by the purging out of its perpetrators who, presumably, remained unrepentant (cf. Deut 13:6; 17:7, 12; 21:21; 22:21–22, 24; 24:7).} evil from among you.