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Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”
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He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”
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Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”
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Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
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If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
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This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.
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“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
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Laws of Justice and Mercy
“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
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Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
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or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—
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or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.
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“‘Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
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so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act),
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“‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
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I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.
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“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
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On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
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The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.
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Witnesses
One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,
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The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,
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then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you.
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This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
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“Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.
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“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.
