6At 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.
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He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
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.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
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.
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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. A law for preserving the honour of God’s worship, by providing that no creature that had any blemish should be offered in sacrifice to him, Deut. 17:1. This caveat we have often met with: Thou shalt not sacrifice that which has any blemish , which renders it unsightly, or any evil matter or thing (as the following word night better be rendered), any sickness or weakness, though not dis…
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