Numbers 35:30
Contemporary English Version
30 (A) Death is the penalty for murder. But no one accused of murder can be put to death unless there are at least two witnesses to the crime.
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Numbers 35:30
New International Version
30 “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(A)
Numbers 35:30
King James Version
30 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.
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Deuteronomy 17:5-7
Contemporary English Version
5-7 (A) But you will need two or three witnesses—one witness isn't enough to prove a person guilty.
Get rid of those who are guilty of such evil. Take them outside your town gates and everyone must stone them to death. But the witnesses must be the first to throw stones.
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Deuteronomy 17:5-7
New International Version
5 take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.(A) 6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(B) 7 The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death,(C) and then the hands of all the people.(D) You must purge the evil(E) from among you.
Deuteronomy 17:5-7
King James Version
5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
6 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.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
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Matthew 18:16
Contemporary English Version
16 (A) But if that one refuses to listen, take along one or two others. The Scriptures teach that every complaint must be proven true by two or more witnesses.
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Matthew 18:16
New International Version
16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[a](A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 18:16 Deut. 19:15
Matthew 18:16
King James Version
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
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John 8:17
Contemporary English Version
17 (A) Your Law requires two witnesses to prove that something is true.
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John 8:17
New International Version
17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.(A)
John 8:17
King James Version
17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
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2 Corinthians 13:1
Contemporary English Version
Final Warnings and Greetings
13 (A) I am on my way to visit you for the third time. And as the Scriptures say, “Any charges must be proved true by at least two or three witnesses.”
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2 Corinthians 13:1
New International Version
Final Warnings
13 This will be my third visit to you.(A) “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”[a](B)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 13:1 Deut. 19:15
2 Corinthians 13:1
King James Version
13 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
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1 Timothy 5:19
Contemporary English Version
19 (A) Don't listen to any charge against a church leader, unless at least two or three people bring the same charges.
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1 Timothy 5:19
New International Version
19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder(A) unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.(B)
1 Timothy 5:19
King James Version
19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
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Hebrews 10:28
Contemporary English Version
28 (A) If two or more witnesses accused someone of breaking the Law of Moses, that person could be put to death.
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Hebrews 10:28
New International Version
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(A)
Hebrews 10:28
King James Version
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
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