Then seat two sons of Belial before him, and let them testify against him saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
Deuteronomy 19:15 - Tree of Life Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One witness shall not prevail against a man for any crime or any wrong in connection with any sin he commits; only on the testimony of two or three witnesses shall a charge be established. American Standard Version (1901) One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. Common English Bible A solitary witness against someone in any crime, wrongdoing, or in any sort of misdeed that might be done is not sufficient. The decision must stand by two or three witnesses. Catholic Public Domain Version One witness shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be. But in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand. |
Then seat two sons of Belial before him, and let them testify against him saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him, and the worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death.
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?”
Even in your Torah it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the testimony of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”
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.
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.