עַל־פִּ֣י שְׁנַ֣יִם עֵדִ֗ים א֛וֹ שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה עֵדִ֖ים יוּמַ֣ת הַמֵּ֑ת לֹ֣א יוּמַ֔ת עַל־פִּ֖י עֵ֥ד אֶחָֽד׃
A person shall be put to death only on the testimony of two or more witnesses; no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness.—
Torah Temimah points ahead to the parallel verse in Deuteronomy 19:15.
על פי שנים עדים. כל הדרשות השייכות לפסוק זה יבא לפנינו בלשון פ׳ כזה לקמן י״ט ט״ו.
English: “On the testimony of two witnesses.” All the derashot that belong to this verse will appear later in the language of the corresponding verse below (19:15).
Torah Temimah notes that the full suite of witness laws is developed on the parallel verse in chapter 19 and simply cross-references them here.
Derash on the verse (cross-reference) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The verse is treated as the capital-case counterpart of the later general rule.
The detailed laws of testimony that apply to capital cases are developed fully on the parallel verse in Deuteronomy 19:15; the present verse establishes the same requirement for the death penalty.