“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 17:6 - Easy To Read Version But a person should not be punished with death if only one witness says that person did the evil thing. But if two or three witnesses say it is true, then the person must be killed. 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. |
“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.
But if that person refuses to listen, then go to him again and bring one or two people with you. Then there will be two or three other people that will be able to tell all that happened. {\cf2\super [253]}
“Our law will not let us judge a person without hearing him. We cannot judge him until we know what he has done.”
I will come to you again. This will be the third time. And remember, “For every complaint there must be two or three people to say that they know it is true.” {\cf2\super [48]}
“If a person is accused of doing something against the law, one witness is not enough to prove that the person is guilty. There must be two or three witnesses to prove that the person really did wrong.
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.
Any person who refused to obey the law of Moses was found guilty from the proof given by two or three witnesses. That person was not forgiven. He was killed.