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30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony[a] of witnesses, but one witness cannot[b] testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

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  1. Numbers 35:30 tn Heb “at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report.
  2. Numbers 35:30 tn The verb should be given the nuance of imperfect of potentiality.

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.(A)

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