Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three (A)witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

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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.(A)

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The Law Concerning Witnesses

15 (A)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

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Witnesses

15 One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.(A)

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16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that (A)‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:16 Deut. 19:15

51 (A)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

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51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

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17 (A)It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

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17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.(A)

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18 I am One who bears witness of Myself, and (A)the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

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18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”(A)

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Coming with Authority

13 This will be (A)the third time I am coming to you. (B)“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:1 Deut. 19:15

28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three (A)witnesses.

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28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(A)

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