# in not listening to the priest ... or in not listening to the judge "and does not obey the priest ... or does not obey the judge" # you will put away the evil from Israel The nominal adjective "the evil" can be translated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "you must remove from among the Israelites the person who does this evil thing" or "you must execute this evil person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])