Then seat two wicked men opposite him and get them to testify against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king! ’ Then take him out and stone him to death.
Deuteronomy 19:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One witness shall not prevail against a man for any crime or any wrong in connection with any sin he commits; only on the testimony of two or three witnesses shall a charge be established. American Standard Version (1901) One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. Common English Bible A solitary witness against someone in any crime, wrongdoing, or in any sort of misdeed that might be done is not sufficient. The decision must stand by two or three witnesses. Catholic Public Domain Version One witness shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be. But in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand. |
Then seat two wicked men opposite him and get them to testify against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king! ’ Then take him out and stone him to death.
The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, ‘Naboth has cursed God and the king! ’ So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
‘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? ’
Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.
This is the third time I am coming to you. Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. ,
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.
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.