Numbers 35:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever kills any person [intentionally], the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. Common English Bible Anyone who kills another will be executed on the evidence of witnesses. But one witness alone cannot testify against a person for a death sentence. Catholic Public Domain Version The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man. |
“But anyone who strikes another with an iron object, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer who is subject to the death penalty; a murderer must be put to death.
But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”
This is the third time I am coming to you. “Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.”
“A single witness shall not suffice to convict a person of any crime or wrongdoing in connection with any offense that may be committed. Only on the evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be sustained.
“ ‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Never accept any accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”