“A killer should be put to death as a murderer only if there are witnesses. No person can be put to death if there is only one witness.
Deuteronomy 13:14 - Easy To Read Version If you hear this kind of news, you must do all you can to learn if it is true. If you learn that it is true—if you prove that such a terrible thing really did happen— Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done among you, American Standard Version (1901) then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee, Common English Bible at that point you must look into this situation very carefully to see if it’s true. And if it’s definitely true that this detestable thing was done in your community, Catholic Public Domain Version inquire carefully and diligently, seeking the truth of the matter. And if you find that what was said is certain, and that this abomination is a work which has been perpetrated, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Inquire carefully and diligently the truth of the thing by looking well into it: and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed, |
“A killer should be put to death as a murderer only if there are witnesses. No person can be put to death if there is only one witness.
Stop judging by the way things look. Be fair and judge by what is really right.”
He helps children that have no parents. He helps widows. [63] He loves even the strangers in our country. He gives them food and clothes.
some bad people in your own nation are persuading the people of their city to do bad things. They might say to the people of their city, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods.’ (These gods would be gods that you never knew before.)
then you must punish the people of that city. You must kill them all. And kill all their animals, too. You must destroy that city completely.
If you hear bad news like this, then you must check it carefully. You must learn if it is true that this terrible thing has really happened in Israel. If you prove that it is true,
Don’t listen to a person who accuses an elder. {\cf2\super [31]} You should listen to that person only if there are two or three other people who can say what the elder did wrong.
Don’t think I am a bad woman. I have been praying so long because I have so many troubles and I am very sad.”