Deuteronomy 19:15-21

The Voice

¹⁵ The testimony of a single witness is not sufficient to convict a person of a crime or to find someone guilty of doing something wrong. Every charge must be confirmed by two or three witnesses.^{[a] 16} If one person accuses another of some crime, and you suspect it’s being done out of malice, ¹⁷ bring the two people involved into the Eternal’s presence at the sanctuary. Present their case to the priests and the judges who are serving on the tribunal at the time. ¹⁸ The judges will conduct a careful investigation. If it turns out that the witness was lying and accused the other Israelite maliciously, ^19-21 then do to the witness exactly what he wanted done to the other person. Don’t show any pity! If he wanted the other person killed, then kill him; if he wanted his eye put out or a tooth knocked out or a hand or foot cut off, then do that to him.^[b] This will expel the wicked from your own community. Everyone else will hear what happens and be afraid to do the same thing themselves, so none of you will ever do such an evil thing to each other again.