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Deuteronomy 17:6
Deuteronomy 17:6 is verse 6 of Deuteronomy chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
King James Version
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
World English Bible
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
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Deuteronomy 17:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,
5 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
8 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 19:15A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Numbers 35:30If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
Matthew 18:16But 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.’
John 8:17Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
John 8:18I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”
2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
1 Timothy 5:19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.