Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness, shall not rise up, against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, with regard to any sin that he may commit,—at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, must a matter be establish.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man,—to answer against him perversely,
Cross References
Numbers 35:30Whosoever taketh away life, at the mouth of witnesses, shall, the slayer be slain,—but, one witness, shall not testify against a person, to put him to death.
1 Kings 21:10then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die.
Matthew 18:16But, if he do not hearken, take with thee, yet one or two, that, at the mouth of two witnesses or three, every declaration, maybe established;
John 8:17And, in your own law, it is written, that, two men’s witness, is, true:
1 Timothy 5:19Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, [the mouth of] two, or three, witnesses;
Revelation 11:3And I will give unto my two witnesses, that they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred and sixty days, arrayed 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 →