Numbers 35:30 KJV — MannaFest

Numbers 35:30

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

KJV

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ASV

Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

WEB

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 lone witness.

YLT

whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth one slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person--to die.

DBT

Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.

About this book

Old Testament

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Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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17 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:21
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Matthew 18:16
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Hebrews 10:28
He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

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these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations--The law of the blood-avenger, as thus established by divine authority, was a vast improvement on the ancient practice of Goelism.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

); this law is settled in all capital cases, Deut. xvii. And, lastly, not only the prosecution, but the execution, of the murderer, is committed to the next of kin, who, as he was to be the redeemer of his kinsman's estate if it were mortgaged, so he was to be the avenger of his blood if he were murdered (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H752347× in canon H570770× in canon H6030331× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

NUM 35:30MAT 18:16 DEU 19:15
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
NUM 35:30MAT 18:16 2CO 13:1
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
NUM 35:302CO 13:1 MAT 18:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 35:302CO 13:1 DEU 17:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 35:30MAT 18:16 JHN 8:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 35:30DEU 19:15 HEB 10:28
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 35:302CO 13:1 JHN 8:17-18
NUM 35:30MAT 18:16 1TI 5:19

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