Deuteronomy 17:6

English Standard Version 2016

On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

Cross References

Numbers 35:30

“If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

1 Timothy 5:19

Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Matthew 18:16

But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Deuteronomy 19:15

“A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

John 7:51

“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”