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 lone witness.
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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.
KJV
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.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3605 → |
| מַ֨כֵּה־ | Ma.keh- | [one who] strikes down | H5221 → |
| נֶ֔פֶשׁ | Ne.fesh | <of> a person | H5315 → |
| לְפִ֣י | le.Fi | to [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| עֵדִ֔ים | 'e.Dim | witnesses | H5707 → |
| יִרְצַ֖ח | yir.Tzach | someone will kill | H7523 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָרֹצֵ֑חַ | ha.ro.Tze.ach | the killer | H7523 → |
| וְעֵ֣ד | ve.'Ed | and a witness | H5707 → |
| אֶחָ֔ד | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יַעֲנֶ֥ה | ya.'a.Neh | he will testify | H6030 → |
| בְנֶ֖פֶשׁ | ve.Ne.fesh | against anyone | H5315 → |
| לָמֽוּת׃ | la.Mut | to die | H4191 → |
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