Deuteronomio 17:6

6 Sin embargo, nunca le quites la vida a nadie por el testimonio de un solo testigo. Siempre tendrá que haber dos o tres testigos.

Deuteronomio 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 17:6

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he
that is worthy of death be put to death
The idolater found guilty was to be stoned; two witnesses were sufficient to prove a fact, if three the better, but, on the testimony of one, sentence might not be pronounced. Aben Ezra observes, that some say, if two witnesses contradict two other, a third turns the scale and determines the matter; and others say, that two who are wise men will do, and three of others; and because it is said "at the mouth" of these witnesses, it is concluded, that a testimony should be verbal and not written; should not be recorded, neither in pecuniary cases nor in capital ones, but from the mouth of the witnesses, as it is said "at the mouth" at their mouth, and not from their handwriting ^F5:

[but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death;
so careful is the Lord of the lives of men, that none should be taken away but upon full and sufficient evidence, even in cases in which his own glory and honour is so much concerned.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Maimon. Hilchot Eduth, c. 3. sect. 4.

Deuteronomio 17:6 In-Context

4 Cuando te enteres de algo así, investiga el asunto a fondo. Si resulta cierto que se ha cometido ese acto detestable en Israel,

5 entonces llevarás al hombre o la mujer responsable de esa maldad hasta las puertas de la ciudad y lo matarás a pedradas.

6 Sin embargo, nunca le quites la vida a nadie por el testimonio de un solo testigo. Siempre tendrá que haber dos o tres testigos.

7 Los testigos deberán arrojar las primeras piedras, y luego se sumará el resto del pueblo. De esa manera, limpiarás la maldad que hay en medio de ti.

8 »Supongamos que a un juez local le llega un caso demasiado difícil de resolver; por ejemplo, si alguien es culpable de asesinato o de homicidio no premeditado, o bien podría ser una demanda complicada o un caso que involucra distintos tipos de agresión. Esos casos legales llévalos al lugar que el Señor
tu Dios elija