Mitzvah #572 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes“
Scripture Reference: NUM 35:30 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Masei)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ל כָּל-מַכֵּה-נֶפֶשׁ--לְפִי עֵדִים, יִרְצַח אֶת-הָרֹצֵחַ; וְעֵד אֶחָד, לֹא-יַעֲנֶה בְנֶפֶשׁ לָמוּת.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
30 πᾶς πατάξας ψυχήν, διὰ μαρτύρων φονεύσεις τὸν φονεύσαντα, καὶ μάρτυς εἷς οὐ μαρτυρήσει ἐπὶ ψυχὴν ἀποθανεῖν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Masei
Sefer HaChinuch Number #411
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Testimony
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments