Mitzvah #573 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not accept testimony from a lone witness“
Scripture Reference: DEU 19:15 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Shoftim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
טו לֹא-יָקוּם עֵד אֶחָד בְּאִישׁ, לְכָל-עָוֹן וּלְכָל-חַטָּאת, בְּכָל-חֵטְא, אֲשֶׁר יֶחֱטָא: עַל-פִּי שְׁנֵי עֵדִים, אוֹ עַל-פִּי שְׁלֹשָׁה-עֵדִים--יָקוּם דָּבָר.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
15 Οὐκ ἐμμενεῖ μάρτυς εἷς μαρτυρῆσαι κατὰ ἀνθρώπου κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν καὶ κατὰ πᾶν ἁμάρτημα καὶ κατὰ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν, ἣν ἂν ἁμάρτῃ· ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων καὶ ἐπὶ στόματος τριῶν μαρτύρων σταθήσεται πᾶν ῥῆμα.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Shoftim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #523
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Testimony
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments