Konteks 17:7 The witnesses1 must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people2 are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Yehezkiel 16:40
Konteks 16:40 They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.
[17:7]1tnHeb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).