Numbers 35:30

whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth [one] slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person — to die.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

29'And these things have been to you for a statute of judgment to your generations, in all your dwellings:

31'And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who [is] condemned — to die, for he is certainly put to death;

Read all of Numbers 35

Cross References

Numbers 35:16'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

Deuteronomy 19:15'One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

John 7:51'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

2 Corinthians 13:1This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;

Hebrews 10:28any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 35:30