So shall you put evil away from the midst of you / thus you will sweep out evil from your midst
I was commanded to uproot (burn, incinerate) all manifestations of evil or corruption.
("The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward: and thou shalt put the wicked away from among you" - Deuteronomy 17:7)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
וּבִיעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ
Definition (Hebrew)
צִיוּוּי לַעֲקֹר מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ (לְבַעֵר,לִשְׂרֹף) אֶת כָּל גִּלּוּיֵי הָרֹעַ אוֹ הַשְּׁחִיתוּת.
("יַד הָעֵדִים תִּהְיֶה בּוֹ בָרִאשֹׁנָה לַהֲמִיתוֹ וְיַד כָּל הָעָם בָּאַחֲרֹנָה וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ"- דְּבָרִים יז ז)