Deuteronomy 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages ¹  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God ²  and breaks his covenant

Deuteronomy 17:6-7

17:6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 17:7 The witnesses ³  must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people ⁴  are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:15

19:15 A single witness may not testify ⁵  against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established ⁶  only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Matthew 18:16

18:16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. ⁷ 

John 8:17

8:17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ⁸ 

John 8:2

8:2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach ⁹  them.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁰  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

¹ tn Heb “gates.”

² tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

³ tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

⁴ tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”

⁵ tn Heb “rise up” (likewise in v. 16).

⁶ tn Heb “may stand.”

⁷ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15.

⁸ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

⁹ tn An ingressive sense for the imperfect fits well here following the aorist participle.

¹⁰ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.