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<p> Two at least were required to establish any charge ( Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15; Hebrews 10:28). So in the [[Christian]] church ( 1 Timothy 5:19). [[Written]] evidence in the case of divorce, not as among the [[Bedouins]] and Mussulmen a mere spoken sentence ( Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 24:3). Also in civil contracts ( Isaiah 8:16; Jeremiah 32:10-16). The witnesses were the first to execute sentence ( Deuteronomy 13:9; Acts 7:58). False witness was punished with the same penalty as the offence witnessed to. | Witnesses <ref name="term_37965" /> | ||
==References == | <p> Two at least were required to establish any charge ( Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15; Hebrews 10:28). So in the [[Christian]] church ( 1 Timothy 5:19). [[Written]] evidence in the case of divorce, not as among the [[Bedouins]] and Mussulmen a mere spoken sentence ( Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 24:3). Also in civil contracts ( Isaiah 8:16; Jeremiah 32:10-16). The witnesses were the first to execute sentence ( Deuteronomy 13:9; Acts 7:58). False witness was punished with the same penalty as the offence witnessed to. Withholding witness was penal ( Leviticus 5:1). The term martyr, "witness," came to mean in Christian times one who attests the truth by suffering ( Acts 22:20; Revelation 2:13; compare Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 11:3; Revelation 20:4; [[Hebrew]] 11; Hebrews 12:1). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_37965"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/witnesses Witnesses from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_37965"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/witnesses Witnesses from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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