# take ... and stone These commands are addressed to Israel as a group and so are plural. # take both of them "then you must bring both the girl and the man who slept with her" # because she did not cry out "because she did not call for help" # because he violated his neighbor's wife "because he slept with a girl who belongs to a fellow Israelite" # you will remove the evil from among you "you must remove from among the Israelites the person who does this evil thing" or "you must execute this evil person"