Deuteronomy 19:18

And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

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In The King James Version

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

In Context

17Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

19Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:14Then let a full search be made, and let questions be put with care; and if it is true and certain that such a disgusting thing has been done among you;

2 Chronicles 19:6And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:15-21

False Witnesses. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is… Read the whole commentary →

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