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will be put to death
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "you must kill" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)
he has spoken rebellion
The abstract noun "rebellion" can be stated as a verb. Alternate translation: "he has tried to make you rebel" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns)
who redeemed you out of the house of bondage
Yahweh rescuing the people of Israel from being slaves in Egypt is spoken of as if Yahweh paid money to redeem his people out of slavery. Alternate translation: "who rescued you out of the place where you were slaves" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
the house of bondage
Here "house of bondage" represents Egypt where the people of Yahweh had been slaves. Alternate translation: "Egypt where you were slaves" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
draw you out of the way in which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk
How God wants a person to live or behave is spoken of as if it were a way or road on which God wants his people to walk. A person trying to cause someone else to stop obeying God is spoken of as if the person were trying to get the other person to stop walking on God's way or road. Alternate translation: "make you disobey what Yahweh your God commanded" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
So completely remove the evil from among you
Here "the evil" refers to the evil person or the evil behavior. This nominal adjective can be stated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "So you must remove from among the people of Israel the person who does this evil thing" or "So you must kill this evil person" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj)