Deu 17:7 | NET2full | STEP | The witnesses must be first to begin the execution , and then all the people are to join in afterward . In this way you will purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 17:7

7 The witnesses ^{▼▼tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).} must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people ^{▼▼tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”} are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.