“If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
Deuteronomy 17:6 - English Standard Version 2016 On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one 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 shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
“A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.
Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.