Deuteronomy 19:18

And the judges shall inquire diligently; and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 the LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.

19then shall ye do unto him, as he had purposed to do unto his brother; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:14(13-15) then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee;

2 Chronicles 19:6and said to the judges: 'Consider what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD; and He is with you in giving 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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