Numbers 35:30
Whosoever killeth a person shall die, by the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against a man to put (him) to death.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
29And these shall be to you a decree of judgment for your generations in all your dwellings.
31Neither may you take money on account of a manslayer who is guilty of death, for dying he shall die.
Cross References
Numbers 35:16But if he hath smitten him with a weapon of iron and killed him, he is a murderer; and the murderer is to be surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:15One witness shall not rise up (alone) against a man for any iniquities or sins, or any sin by which he (may have) transgressed; but upon the word of two or of three witnesses shall the case be confirmed.
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 →