Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
At the mouth
General references
Bible References
At the mouth
Deuteronomy 17:6
{On the evidence of} two or three witnesses {the person shall be put to death}. The person shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness.
Numbers 35:30
" 'If anyone kills a person, the killer will be put to death {according to the testimony} of witnesses, but someone cannot die on testimony of one person.
1 Kings 21:10
Seat two men, {scoundrels}, opposite him. Let them witness against him saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then you shall bring him out and stone him so that he dies."
Matthew 18:16
But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
Matthew 26:60
And they did not find [it], [although] many false witnesses came forward. And finally two came forward
John 8:17
And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
2 Corinthians 13:1
This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. {By the testimony} of two or three witnesses every word will be established.
1 Timothy 5:19
Do not accept an accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 10:28
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.
Revelation 11:3
And I will grant [authority] to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy [for one] thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth."
General references
Numbers 35:30
" 'If anyone kills a person, the killer will be put to death {according to the testimony} of witnesses, but someone cannot die on testimony of one person.
Deuteronomy 17:6
{On the evidence of} two or three witnesses {the person shall be put to death}. The person shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness.
John 7:51
"Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, [does it]?"