Numbers 35:30
Whosoever killeth any nefesh, the rotze'ach shall be put to death by the mouth of edim (witnesses); but ed echad (one witness) shall not testify against any nefesh to cause him to die.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
29So these things shall be for a chukkat mishpat unto you throughout your dorot in all your dwellings.
Cross References
Numbers 35:16And if he strike him with keli barzel, so that he die, he is a rotze'ach; the rotze'ach shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:15Ed echad shall not rise up against an ish for any avon (iniquity), or for any chattat (sin), in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of shney edim, or at the mouth of shloshah edim, shall the matter be established.
John 7:51Surely Torateinu (Our Torah) judges not the Man unless it hears first from the Man himself and has da'as of what he does, does it? + 7:51 Dt 1:16; 17:6; Ex 23:1
2 Corinthians 13:1This is the pa'am hashlishit I am coming to you; + 13:1 2C 12:14 by the PI SHNAYIM SHLOSHAH EDIM + 13:1 Dt 19:15 (by the mouth of two or three witnesses), every dvar shall be established.
Hebrews 10:28Anyone who was doiche (rejecting or setting aside) the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu, upon the dvar of SHNI EDIM O AL PI SHLOSHA EDIM + 10:28 Dt 19:15 (Testimony of two or three witnesses), dies without rachamim.
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 →