translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: DEU

label: NET study note

text: Execution by means of pelting the offender with stones afforded a mechanism whereby the whole community could share in it. In a very real sense it could be done not only in the name of the community and on its behalf but by its members (cf. Lev 24:14 ; Num 15:35 ; Deut 21:21 ; Josh 7:25 ).


text: Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment ( Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21 ).