Numbers 35:30

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Anyone who kills another 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.

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  • Deut 19:15 : 15 One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every matter must be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.
  • John 8:17-18 : 17 In your Law, it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18 I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies about me.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.
  • John 7:51 : 51 'Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?'
  • Num 35:16 : 16 But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death.
  • Deut 17:6-7 : 6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses, the person will be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 7 The hands of the witnesses must be the first to put the person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    86%

    5take the man or woman who has committed this evil deed out to your city gates and stone that person to death.

    6On the testimony of two or three witnesses, the person will be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    7The hands of the witnesses must be the first to put the person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Num 35:31
    84%

    31You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The entire assembly shall stone him. Whether a foreigner or a native-born, if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

    18Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

  • Num 35:16-24
    9 verses
    79%

    16But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death.

    17If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    18Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

    20If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

    22But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally,

    23or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them,

    24then the assembly must judge between the one who caused the death and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

  • Exod 21:12
    78%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

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

    16If a malicious witness testifies against someone, accusing him of wrongdoing,

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14-17
    4 verses
    74%

    14However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

    16Anyone who kidnaps another person, whether he sells him or the victim is still in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 13:9
    73%

    9do not yield to him or listen to him. Show no pity or compassion, and do not shield him.

  • Deut 19:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

    11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

    10If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:29
    73%

    29These are to be legal requirements for you throughout your generations in all your settlements.

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35The Lord said to Moses, 'The man must be put to death. The whole assembly is to stone him outside the camp.'

    36So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11you shall designate cities to serve as cities of refuge where someone who unintentionally kills another may flee.

    12These cities shall serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood, so that the one who killed someone unintentionally may not be put to death until they stand trial before the congregation.

  • Num 35:27
    72%

    27and the avenger of blood finds the offender outside the city and kills them, the avenger shall not be guilty of bloodshed.

  • Deut 5:17
    71%

    17You shall not murder.

  • Exod 35:2
    71%

    2Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

  • Matt 5:21
    71%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

  • Deut 21:1
    70%

    1If someone is found dead in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and it is unknown who struck him,

  • Heb 10:28
    70%

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

  • Exod 20:13
    70%

    13You shall not murder.

  • Gen 9:6
    70%

    6Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.

  • Deut 27:25
    70%

    25Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Deut 19:6
    70%

    6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in anger, overtake him because the way is long, and strike him fatally, even though the manslayer does not deserve death, since he had no prior hatred towards his neighbor.

  • Deut 19:21
    69%

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Prov 19:9
    69%

    9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who breathes out lies will perish.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people.

    15For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 21:28
    69%

    28A false witness will perish, but one who listens will speak forever.