Deuteronomy 19:18

and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,

Darby Translation

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 both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

19then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:14then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, [and] the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,

2 Chronicles 19:6And he said to the judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah, who will be with you in the matter of judgment.

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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