Deuteronomy 17:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Only on the testimony of two or three witnesses shall a person be put to death; no one shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

Cross References

Numbers 35:30

Whenever someone kills another, the evidence of witnesses is required to kill the murderer. A single witness does not suffice for putting a person to death. No Indemnity.

Matthew 18:16

If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

John 7:51

“Does our law condemn a person before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?”

2 Corinthians 13:1

This third time I am coming to you. “On the testimony of two or three witnesses a fact shall be established.”

Deuteronomy 19:15

One witness alone shall not stand against someone in regard to any crime or any offense that may have been committed; a charge shall stand only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

1 Timothy 5:19

Do not accept an accusation against a presbyter unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who rejects the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the testimony of two or three witnesses.