Numbers 35:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁰ “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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ 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

³⁰ 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)

³⁰ 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

³⁰ 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

³⁰ The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.

Numbers 35:30 Cross References

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

Matthew 18:16

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.

Deuteronomy 19:15

“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.

2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. “Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.”

1 Timothy 5:19

Never accept any accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Revelation 11:3

And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”

John 7:51

“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”

Numbers 35:16

“But anyone who strikes another with an iron object, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Exodus 21:12

“Whoever strikes a person mortally shall be put to death.

Leviticus 24:17

Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:31

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.

Deuteronomy 27:24

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’