Deuteronomy 17:6

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.

Numbers 35:30

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.

Numbers 35:1

The Levitical Cities

35:1 ³ Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. ⁴  He said:

Numbers 21:10

The Approach to Moab

21:10 ⁵ The Israelites traveled on and camped in Oboth.

Numbers 21:13

21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions ⁶  of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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 

Matthew 26:60-61

26:60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally ⁸  two came forward 26:61 and declared, “This man ⁹  said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

John 8:17

8:17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁰ 

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 ¹¹  them.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹²  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹³  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 1:19

1:19 For God ¹⁴  was pleased to have all his ¹⁵  fullness dwell ¹⁶  in the Son ¹⁷ 

Hebrews 10:28

10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ¹⁸  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ¹⁹ 

Revelation 11:3-7

11:3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority ²⁰  to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth. 11:4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) ²¹  11:5 If ²²  anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths ²³  and completely consumes ²⁴  their enemies. If ²⁵  anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 11:6 These two have the power ²⁶  to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time ²⁷  they are prophesying. They ²⁸  have power ²⁹  to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 11:7 When ³⁰  they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer ³¹  them and kill them.

[35:30]  ¹ tn Heb “ at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report.

[35:30]  ² tn The verb should be given the nuance of imperfect of potentiality.

[35:1]  ³ sn This section has two main parts, the Levitical cities (vv. 1-8) and the Cities of Refuge (vv. 9-34).

[35:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[21:10]  ⁵ sn See further D. L. Christensen, “Numbers 21:14-15 and the Book of the Wars of Yahweh,” CBQ 36 (1974): 359-60; G. W. Coats, “The Wilderness Itinerary,” CBQ 34 (1972): 135-52; G. I. Davies, “The Wilderness Itinerary,” TB 25 (1974): 46-81; idem, The Way of the Wilderness; G. E. Mendenhall, “The Hebrew Conquest of Palestine,” BA 25 (1962): 66-87.

[21:13]  ⁶ tn Or “border.”

[18:16]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15.

[26:60]  ⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:61]  ⁹ tn Grk “This one.”

[8:17]  ¹⁰ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[8:2]  ¹¹ tn An ingressive sense for the imperfect fits well here following the aorist participle.

[1:1]  ¹² tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:19]  ¹⁴ tn The noun “God” does not appear in the Greek text, but since God is the one who reconciles the world to himself (cf. 2 Cor 5:19), he is clearly the subject of εὐδόκησεν (eudokhsen).

[1:19]  ¹⁵ tn The Greek article τό (to), insofar as it relates to God, may be translated as a possessive pronoun, i.e., “his.” BDAG 404 s.v. εὐδοκέω 1 translates the phrase as “all the fullness willed to dwell in him” thus leaving the referent as impersonal. Insofar as Paul is alluding to the so-called emanations from God this is acceptable. But the fact that “the fullness” dwells in a person (i.e., “in him”) seems to argue for the translation “his fullness” where “his” refers to God.

[1:19]  ¹⁶ tn The aorist verb κατοικῆσαι (katoikhsai) could be taken as an ingressive, in which case it refers to the incarnation and may be translated as “begin to dwell, to take up residence.” It is perhaps better, though, to take it as a constative aorist and simply a reference to the fact that the fullness of God dwells in Jesus Christ. This is a permanent dwelling, though, not a temporary one, as the present tense in 2:9 makes clear.

[1:19]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the Son; see v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:28]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “dies.”

[10:28]  ¹⁹ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[11:3]  ²⁰ tn The word “authority” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. “Power” would be another alternative that could be supplied here.

[11:4]  ²¹ sn This description is parenthetical in nature.

[11:5]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:5]  ²³ tn This is a collective singular in Greek.

[11:5]  ²⁴ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

[11:5]  ²⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:6]  ²⁶ tn Or “authority.”

[11:6]  ²⁷ tn Grk “the days.”

[11:6]  ²⁸ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:6]  ²⁹ tn Or “authority.”

[11:7]  ³⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:7]  ³¹ tn Or “be victorious over”; traditionally, “overcome.”