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Deuteronomy 19:15

'One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

16'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,

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Cross References

Numbers 35:30whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth [one] slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person — to die.

1 Kings 21:10and cause two men — sons of worthlessness — to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.'

Matthew 18:16and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

John 8:17and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

1 Timothy 5:19Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

Revelation 11:3and I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy days, a thousand, two hundred, sixty, arrayed with 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 →

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