Deuteronomy 19:15
One witnes shall not rise against a man for any trespasse, or for any sinne, or for any fault that hee offendeth in, but at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished.
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In Context
16If a false witnesse rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse,
Cross References
Numbers 35:30Whosoeuer killeth any person, the Iudge shall slay the murtherer, through witnesses: but one witnesse shall not testifie against a person to cause him to die.
1 Kings 21:10And set two wicked men before him, and let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye.
Matthew 18:16But if he heare thee not, take yet with thee one or two, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses euery worde may be confirmed.
John 8:17And it is also written in your Lawe, that the testimonie of two men is true.
1 Timothy 5:19Against an Elder receiue none accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses.
Revelation 11:3But I wil giue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shall prophecie a thousande two hundreth and threescore dayes, clothed in sackcloth.
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 →