Numbers 35:30
Whosoever taketh away life, at the mouth of witnesses, shall, the slayer be slain,—but, one witness, shall not testify against a person, to put him to death.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
29So shall these serve you as a regulative statute unto your generations,—wheresoever ye may dwell.
Cross References
Numbers 35:16If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,—a manslayer, shall surely die.
Deuteronomy 19:15One witness, shall not rise up, against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, with regard to any sin that he may commit,—at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, must a matter be establish.
John 7:51Surely, our law, doth not judge the man, unless it hear first from him, and get to know what he is doing?
2 Corinthians 13:1This third time, am I coming unto you:—at the mouth of two witnesses, or three, shall every matter be established.
Hebrews 10:28Any one having set aside a law of Moses, apart from compassions, upon [the testimony of] two or three witnesses, dieth:
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 →