Numbers 35:30
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.
Numbers 35:30 in other translations
| BSB | If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. |
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| WEB | “‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain based on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify alone against any person so that he dies. |
| ASV | Whoso 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | Whoever 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. |
| 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. |
| Webster | Whoever 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. |
What does Numbers 35:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 35:29-34
29-34. these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations--The law of the blood-avenger, as thus established by divine authority, was a vast improvement on the ancient practice of Goelism. By the appointment of cities of refuge, the manslayer was saved, in the meantime, from the blind and impetuous fury of vindictive relatives; but he might be tried by the local court, and, if…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 35:9-34
To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or the redeemer of blood,) in notorious cases, might pursue, and execute vengeance. A distinction is made, not between sudden anger and malice aforethought, both which are the crime of murder; but between intentionally striking a…
Numbers 35:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 35:30
- Hebrews 10:28
He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
- Matthew 18:16
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- 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 the matter be established.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
- John 8:17-18
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
- 1 Timothy 5:19
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- Revelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
- Numbers 35:16
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 17:6-7
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
- John 7:51
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
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Context
- Numbers 35:29
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- Numbers 35:30
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.
- Numbers 35:31
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Numbers 35:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cualquiera que hiriere á alguno, por dicho de testigos, morirá el homicida: mas un solo testigo no hará fe contra alguna persona para que muera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si quelqu’un frappe à mort une personne, le meurtrier sera tué sur la parole de témoins; mais un seul témoin ne rendra pas témoignage contre quelqu’un, pour le faire mourir. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jeder, der einen Menschen erschlägt: auf die Aussage von Zeugen soll man den Mörder töten; aber ein einzelner Zeuge kann nicht wider einen Menschen aussagen, daß er sterbe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Homicida sub testibus punietur: ad unius testimonium nullus condemnabitur. |