On the wordעַל פִּיof twoשְׁנַיִםwitnessesעֵדִיםorאוֹthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהwitnessesעֵדִיםthe one who is to dieהַמֵּתshall be put to death;יוּמַתhe shall notלֹאbe put to deathיוּמַתon the wordעַל פִּיof oneאֶחָדwitness.עֵד
Allusion · Hebrews 10:28
Go to Hebrews 10:28Hebrews uses the rule of Deuteronomy 17:6: a person dies on the testimony of “two or three witnesses.”
They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.
- שְׁנַיִםshenayimH8147δυσὶνdysinG1417“two”
- שְׁלֹשָׁהsheloshaH7969τρισὶνtrisinG5140“three”
- עֵדִיםedimH5707μάρτυσινmartysinG3144“witness”
- יוּמַתyumatH4191ἀποθνῄσκειapothnēiskeiG599“die”