Numbers 35:30
What does Numbers 35:30 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 35:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whoso 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth <FI>one<Fi> slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person--to die.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 11:3
And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
- Matthew 18:16
But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.
- Numbers 35:16
But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- Hebrews 10:28
A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:
- Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
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