Deuteronomy 19:16

If a witness of violence rise up against any man to testify against him for any wrong:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

In Context

15There shall not rise up one single witness against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: upon the evidence of two witnesses, or upon the evidence of three witnesses, must a case be established.

17Then shall both the men, who have the controversy, stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20(5:17C) Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Psalms 27:12Give me not up to the [revengeful] desire of my assailants; for there are risen up against me false witnesses, and such as utter violence.

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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