‘If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.
Deuteronomy 17:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain. Let no man be put to death, when only one beareth witness against him. |
‘If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.
But if he won’t listen, take one or two others with you, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every fact may be established. ,
‘Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it? ’
This is the third time I am coming to you. Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. ,
‘One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.
Anyone who disregarded the law of Moses died without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.