⁵ take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.^{(A) 6} On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.^{(B) 7} The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death,^(C) and then the hands of all the people.^(D) You must purge the evil^(E) from among you.

Witnesses

¹⁵ One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.^(A)