Numbers 35:29-31

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁹ These instructions will be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations wherever you live.

³⁰ ‘If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.^{(A) 31} You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.