Deuteronomy 19:18

The judges must make diligent inquiries; see, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely 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 both men, the ones between whom the controversy exists, must stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.

19then must you do to him, as he had wished to do to his brother; and you will remove the evil from among you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:14Then you will examine the evidence, make search, and investigate it thoroughly. When you discover that it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done among you, then you will take action.

2 Chronicles 19:6He said to the judges, “Consider what you should do, because you are not judging for man, but for Yahweh; he is with you in the act of judging.

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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