Deuteronomy 17:6 BSB

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּ֣י׀	pi	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
שְׁנַ֣יִם	she.Na.yim	two	H8147 →
עֵדִ֗ים	'e.Dim	witnesses	H5707 →
א֛וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה	she.lo.Shah	three	H7969 →
עֵדִ֖ים	'e.Dim	witnesses	H5707 →
יוּמַ֣ת	yu.Mat	he will be put to death	H4191 →
הַמֵּ֑ת	ha.Met	the [one who] dies	H4191 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יוּמַ֔ת	yu.Mat	he will be put to death	H4191 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּ֖י	pi	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
עֵ֥ד	'ed	a witness	H5707 →
אֶחָֽד׃	'e.Chad	one	H259 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 18:16
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.’
leads to
- Deuteronomy 19:15
  A 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…
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
  This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- 1 Timothy 5:19
  Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 8:17
  Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
Through
Deuteronomy 19:15
A 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…
leads to
- Hebrews 10:28
  Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 18:16
  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.’
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 35:30
  If 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…
Through
Hebrews 10:28
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
leads to
- Hebrews 2:2
  For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

John 8:17Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.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.Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.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.’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.1 Timothy 5:19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.John 8:17–18Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”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.”Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”Genesis 23:11“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

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