Deuteronomy 17:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 35:30 : 30 Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.
  • Deut 19:15 : 15 One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
  • John 8:17-18 : 17 Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true. 18 I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    86%

    30Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.

    31Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • Deut 17:7
    84%

    7The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

  • Deut 19:15-18
    4 verses
    84%

    15One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

    16If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

    17Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

    18And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

  • Deut 17:5
    81%

    5Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

    17And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Matt 18:16
    76%

    16But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

  • Heb 10:28
    75%

    28A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

    12He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:10
    74%

    10And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

  • Num 35:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    16But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    17Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    18Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    19He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

  • Deut 13:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

    10Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

    11And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35Then the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle.

    36So all the people took him outside the tent-circle and he was stoned to death there, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

    22If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    73%

    19Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    12The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • Deut 17:12
    72%

    12And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.

  • Deut 22:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.

    25But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;

  • Deut 13:5
    71%

    5And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is to be put to death; for his words were said with the purpose of turning you away from the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; and of forcing you out of the way in which the Lord your God has given you orders to go. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

  • Lev 24:21
    71%

    21He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

  • Deut 22:22
    70%

    22If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

  • Lev 20:27
    70%

    27Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.

  • Exod 21:17
    70%

    17Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • 2 Cor 13:1
    70%

    1This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.

  • Exod 35:2
    70%

    2Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

  • John 8:17
    70%

    17Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

  • Deut 17:2
    70%

    2If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    23Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:

  • Exod 21:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

    15Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Exod 31:15
    70%

    15Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

  • Prov 19:9
    69%

    9A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

  • Deut 19:6
    69%

    6For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not moved by hate.

  • Deut 18:20
    69%

    20But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.

  • Exod 21:29
    69%

    29But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:13
    69%

    13And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

  • Exod 23:1
    69%

    1Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

  • Num 35:21
    69%

    21Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.