Deuteronomy 19:18

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition,—and lo! if the witness be, a false witness and, falsely, have answered against his brother,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 shall the two men who are at variance stand before Yahweh,—before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

19then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to de unto his brother,—so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:14and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently,—and lo! true—certain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst,

2 Chronicles 19:6and said unto the judges, See what, ye, are doing, inasmuch as, not for man, must ye judge, but for Yahweh,—who will be with you, in the word of justice.

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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