Deuteronomy 19:18

וְדָרְשׁוּ הַשֹּׁפְטִים הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה עֵֽד ־ שֶׁקֶר הָעֵד שֶׁקֶר עָנָה בְאָחִֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

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

19וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר זָמַם לַעֲשׂוֹת לְאָחִיו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:14יָצְאוּ אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵֽי ־ בְלִיַּעַל מִקִּרְבֶּךָ וַיַּדִּיחוּ אֶת ־ יֹשְׁבֵי עִירָם לֵאמֹר נֵלְכָה וְנַעַבְדָה אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יְדַעְתֶּֽם ׃

2 Chronicles 19:6וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל ־ הַשֹּֽׁפְטִים רְאוּ מָֽה ־ אַתֶּם עֹשִׂים כִּי לֹא לְאָדָם תִּשְׁפְּטוּ כִּי לַיהוָה וְעִמָּכֶם בִּדְבַר מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃

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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