Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 17:5
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
5 . thou shalt bring forth unto thy gates ] Cp. Deu 22:24: the usual place for stoning was without the gate, so that the city might not be polluted (cp. Lev 24:14, Num 15:36); where also Stephen was stoned, Act 7:58, under this law. On stoning see on Deu 13:10 (11).
even the man or the woman ] Omit with LXX.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Thou shall bring forth that man or that woman which have committed the wicked thing,…. Idolatry in any of the above instances: this must be supposed to be done after he or she have been had before a court of judicature, and have been tried and found guilty, and sentence passed on them, then they were to be brought forth to execution:
unto thy gates; the Targum of Jonathan says, unto the gates of your sanhedrim, or court of judicature; but Jarchi observes, that this is a mistake of the paraphrase, for he says, we are taught by tradition that “thy gate” is the gate in which he has served or committed idolatry; and so says Maimonides d, they do not stone a man but at the gate where he served or worshipped; but if the greatest part of the city are Heathens, they stone him at the door of the sanhedrim; and this is received from tradition, that “to thy gates” is the gate at which he served, and not where his judgment is finished:
[even] that man or that woman; this is repeated, and the woman as well as the man is expressed, to show that no compassion is to be had on her as is usual, nor to be spared on account of the weakness and tenderness of her sex, but she as well as the man must be brought forth and executed according to her sentence, without any mercy shown; and this is observed to show the resentment of the divine Majesty, and his indignation at this sin:
and shalt stone them with stones until they die; of the manner of stoning men and women, [See comments on Ac 7:58].
d Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 15. sect. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
5. Unto thy gates The punishment was to be in public before the whole people. By the gate is to be understood the open space near the gate, where in Eastern cities judicial proceedings take place. Comp. Neh 8:1; Neh 8:3; Job 29:7. The sentence was to be carried into execution outside of the city, as in Act 7:58; Heb 13:12, as in the wilderness it had been outside of the camp: to denote that the criminal was excluded from the congregation.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Deu 17:5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Ver. 7. Thou shalt put the evil. ] Both person and thing. 1Co 5:13
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
stranger = foreigner.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
stone them: Deu 13:10, Deu 13:11, Deu 21:21, Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24, Lev 24:14, Lev 24:16, Jos 7:25
Reciprocal: Gen 34:20 – the gate Lev 20:2 – the people Deu 17:2 – man Rth 4:1 – to the gate Heb 2:2 – every