Deuteronomy 17:6
Hebrew Text— Deuteronomy 17:6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
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He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
“ ‘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.
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”
Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,
A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”
“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?
but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”
“Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”