35:30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony 1 of witnesses; but one witness cannot 2 testify against any person to cause him to be put to death. 35:31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
1 tn Heb “ at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report.
2 tn The verb should be given the nuance of imperfect of potentiality.