Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
Deuteronomy 17:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 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. |
Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
*Does our Torah judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?*
This is the third time I am coming to you. *At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word established.*
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.
A man who disregards the Torah of Moshe dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.