Deuteronomy 19:16-21

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¹⁶ If a malicious witness comes forward to accuse someone of wrongdoing,^{(A) 17} then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days,^{(B) 18} and the judges shall make a thorough inquiry. If the witness is a false witness, having testified falsely against another, ¹⁹ then you shall do to the false witness just as the false witness had meant to do to the other. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.^{(C) 20} The rest shall hear and be afraid, and a crime such as this shall never again be committed among you. ²¹ Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.^(D)