Deuteronomy 17:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is to die be put to death. He is not put to death by the mouth of one witness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ On the evidence of two or three witnesses he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Common English Bible

⁶ Capital punishment must be decided by two or three witnesses. No one may be executed on the basis of only one testimony.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ By the mouth of two or three witnesses, he who is to be put to death shall perish. Let no one be killed with only one person speaking testimony against him.

Deuteronomy 17:6 Cross References

Numbers 35:30

‘Whoever kills someone has to be put to death as a murderer by the mouth of witnesses, but only one witness does not bear witness against someone to die.

Matthew 18:16

“But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.’

John 7:51

“Does our Torah judge the man unless it hears first from him and knows what he is doing?”

2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

Deuteronomy 19:15

“One witness does not rise up against a man concerning any crookedness or any sin that he commits. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses a matter is established.

1 Timothy 5:19

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who has disregarded the Torah of Mosheh dies without compassion on the witness of two or three witnesses.