The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.
⛓ Read Deuteronomy 17 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
'Put away the wicked man from among yourselves' quotes the Deuteronomic expulsion formula 'so thou shalt put the evil away from among you,' here closing the idolatry/false-witness statute. Highest Volume in the chapter (verbatim LXX clause) and capstone Coherence: the literal de-leavening of 5:7 is realized as covenantal purging of the offender.
High confidenceAllusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Jesus' 'let him who is without sin throw the first stone' reworks the rule that the hands of the witnesses shall be first against the condemned to put away evil. High Coherence: Jesus accepts the procedure but disqualifies the witnesses morally rather than legally, turning the witness-stone rule back on the accusers.
High confidence'The witnesses placed their garments' and the stoning reflect the Deuteronomic execution law that 'the hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death.'
Medium confidence