“If a person hits someone and kills him, then that person must be killed too.
Numbers 35:30 - Easy To Read Version “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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever kills any person [intentionally], the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. Common English Bible Anyone who kills another will be executed on the evidence of witnesses. But one witness alone cannot testify against a person for a death sentence. Catholic Public Domain Version The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man. |
“If a person hits someone and kills him, then that person must be killed too.
“If a person uses an iron weapon [385] to kill someone, then that person must die.
“If a person is a murderer, then he must be put to death. Don’t take money and change his punishment. That murderer must be killed.
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.
“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that kills another person, even if he is not caught!’
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.
And I will give power to my two witnesses. And they will prophesy {\cf2\super [82]} for 1,260 days. They will be dressed in sackcloth. {\cf2\super [83]} ”