Numbers 35:30
The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.
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In Context
29These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations.
31You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly.
Cross References
Numbers 35:16If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die.
Deuteronomy 19:15One witness shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.
John 7:51“Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?”
2 Corinthians 13:1Behold, this is the third time that I am coming to you. By the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word shall stand.
Hebrews 10:28If someone dies for acting against the law of Moses, and is shown no compassion because of two or three witnesses,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:10-34
The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1452.) 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give… Read the whole commentary →