Everyone killing anyone shall be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of more than one witness. No one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
Deuteronomy 17:6 - Tree of Life Version By the word of two or three witnesses, the one who is to die is to be put to death. No one is to be put to death by the word 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. |
Everyone killing anyone shall be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of more than one witness. No one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
But if he does not listen, take with you one or two more, so that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.’
“Our Torah doesn’t judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”
This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the testimony of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”
A single witness shall not rise up against a person for any offense or sin that he commits. By the word of two or three witnesses is a case to be established.
Do not accept an accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
Anyone who rejected the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.