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15 (A)A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin [a]which he has committed; at the mouth of two or three witnesses a matter shall be established. 16 (B)If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [b]accuse him of [c]wrongdoing, 17 then both the men who have the dispute shall stand (C)before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. 18 And the judges (D)shall inquire thoroughly, and behold, if the witness is a false witness and he has [d]accused his brother falsely, 19 then (E)you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. 20 (F)And the rest will hear and be afraid and will never again do such an evil thing among you. 21 Thus (G)your eye shall not show pity: (H)life for life, (I)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:15 Lit in any sin, which he sins
  2. Deuteronomy 19:16 Lit testify against
  3. Deuteronomy 19:16 Lit turning aside
  4. Deuteronomy 19:18 Lit testified against

Witnesses in Court

15 “One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done.(A) A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.(B)

16 “If a malicious witness(C) testifies against someone accusing him of a crime, 17 the two people in the dispute are to stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges in authority at that time. 18 The judges are to make a careful investigation, and if the witness turns out to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, 19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from you. 20 Then everyone else will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything evil like this among you.(D) 21 Do not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.(E)

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