Numbers 35:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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  • Deut 19:15 : 15 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.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 Anyone who despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.
  • John 8:17-18 : 17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
  • John 7:51 : 51 Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?
  • Num 35:16 : 16 And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
  • Deut 17:6-7 : 6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses, he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; but he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.

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  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    86%

    5then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses, he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; but he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

    7The hands of the witnesses shall be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.

  • Num 35:31
    84%

    31Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16And he who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the stranger as well as the one born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

    18And he who kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

  • Num 35:16-24
    9 verses
    79%

    16And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

    20But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

    22But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait,

    23Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

    24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

  • Exod 21:12
    78%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15One 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.

    16If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing;

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14-17
    4 verses
    74%

    14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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

    16He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

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

  • Deut 13:9
    73%

    9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Deut 19:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

    11But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities;

    12Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

    10And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:29
    73%

    29So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

    36And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

    12And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

  • Num 35:27
    72%

    27And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

  • Deut 5:17
    71%

    17You shall not kill.

  • Exod 35:2
    71%

    2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall 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 in danger of the judgment:

  • Deut 21:1
    70%

    1If someone is found slain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him,

  • Heb 10:28
    70%

    28Anyone who despised Moses' law 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 man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

  • Deut 27:25
    70%

    25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deut 19:6
    70%

    6Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.

  • Deut 19:21
    69%

    21Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Prov 19:9
    69%

    9A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

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

    15Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 21:28
    69%

    28A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears will speak consistently.