Deuteronomy 17:6

World English Bible (2000)

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 35:30 : 30 "'Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
  • Deut 19:15 : 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at 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. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
  • John 8:17-18 : 17 It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid. 18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    86%

    30 "'Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

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

  • Deut 17:7
    84%

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

  • Deut 19:15-18
    4 verses
    84%

    15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

    16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

    17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

    18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

  • Deut 17:5
    81%

    5 then you shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

    17 "'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 18:16
    76%

    16 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

  • Heb 10:28
    75%

    28 A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

    12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

  • Lev 20:10
    74%

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

  • Num 35:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    16 "'But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17 If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18 Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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

  • Deut 13:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

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

    10 You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

    11 All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

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

    36 All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

    22 If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    73%

    19 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    12 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Deut 17:12
    72%

    12 The man who does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.

  • Deut 22:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

    25 But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who lay with her shall die:

  • Deut 13:5
    71%

    5 That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Lev 24:21
    71%

    21 He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Deut 22:22
    70%

    22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

  • Lev 20:27
    70%

    27 "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.'"

  • Exod 21:17
    70%

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

  • 2 Cor 13:1
    70%

    1 This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."

  • Exod 35:2
    70%

    2 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

  • John 8:17
    70%

    17 It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.

  • Deut 17:2
    70%

    2 If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    23 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

  • Exod 21:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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

  • Exod 31:15
    70%

    15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 19:9
    69%

    9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

  • Deut 19:6
    69%

    6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.

  • Deut 18:20
    69%

    20 But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die."

  • Exod 21:29
    69%

    29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.

  • Lev 20:13
    69%

    13 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Exod 23:1
    69%

    1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

  • Num 35:21
    69%

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