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Numbers 35:29-31
International Standard Version
Numbers 35:29-31
International Standard Version
29 These are to be the statutes and ordinances for you throughout all your generations, regardless of where you live.”[a]
Capital Cases Require Multiple Witnesses
30 “Every murderer of a human being[b] is to be executed only according to testimony[c] given by multiple witnesses. A single witness is not to result in a death sentence.[d] 31 You are to receive no ransom for the life[e] of a killer who is guilty of murder; instead, he is to die.
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- Numbers 35:29 Or in all your dwelling places
- Numbers 35:30 Or soul
- Numbers 35:30 Lit. by the mouth
- Numbers 35:30 Or soul
- Numbers 35:31 Or soul
Numbers 35:29-31
New International Version
Numbers 35:29-31
New International Version
29 “‘This is to have the force of law(A) for you throughout the generations to come,(B) wherever you live.(C)
30 “‘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.(D)
31 “‘Do not accept a ransom(E) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
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