Witnesses

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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).

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