Deuteronomy 19:16

כִּֽי ־ יָקוּם עֵד ־ חָמָס בְּאִישׁ לַעֲנוֹת בּוֹ סָרָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15לֹֽא ־ יָקוּם עֵד אֶחָד בְּאִישׁ לְכָל ־ עָוֺן וּלְכָל ־ חַטָּאת בְּכָל ־ חֵטְא אֲשֶׁר יֶֽחֱטָא עַל ־ פִּי ׀ שְׁנֵי עֵדִים אוֹ עַל ־ פִּי שְׁלֹשָֽׁה ־ עֵדִים יָקוּם דָּבָֽר ׃

17וְעָמְדוּ שְׁנֵֽי ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר ־ לָהֶם הָרִיב לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לִפְנֵי הַכֹּֽהֲנִים וְהַשֹּׁפְטִים אֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵֽם ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20וְלֹֽא ־ תַעֲנֶה בְרֵֽעֲךָ עֵד שָֽׁוְא ׃ ס

Psalms 27:12אַֽל ־ תִּתְּנֵנִי בְּנֶפֶשׁ צָרָי כִּי קָֽמוּ ־ בִי עֵֽדֵי ־ שֶׁקֶר וִיפֵחַ חָמָֽס ׃

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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