Numbers 35:30
ContextNET © | “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony 1 of witnesses; but one witness cannot 2 testify against any person to cause him to be put to death. |
NIV © | "‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no-one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. |
NASB © | ‘If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. |
NLT © | "‘All murderers must be executed, but only if there is more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. |
MSG © | "Anyone who kills another may be executed only on the testimony of eyewitnesses. But no one can be executed on the testimony of only one witness. |
BBE © | Anyone 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. |
NRSV © | If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness. |
NKJV © | ‘Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty . |
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NET © | “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony 1 of witnesses; but one witness cannot 2 testify against any person to cause him to be put to death. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “ at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report. 2 tn The verb should be given the nuance of imperfect of potentiality. |