New American Standard Bible 1995

Deuteronomy 19:15-21

15“1A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin 2which he has committed; on the 3evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

16 4If a malicious witness rises up against a man to 5accuse him of 6wrongdoing,

17then both the men who have the dispute shall stand 7before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.

18The judges 8shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has 9accused his brother falsely,

19then 10you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

20 11The rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.

21Thus 12 13you shall not show pity: 14life for life, 15eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 19:15 Num 35:30; Deut 17:6; Matt 18:16; John 8:17; 2 Cor 13:1; 1 Tim 5:19; Heb 10:28 ↩
2. Deuteronomy 19:15 Lit in any sin, which he sins ↩
3. Deuteronomy 19:15 Lit mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three ↩
4. Deuteronomy 19:16 Ex 23:1; Ps 27:12 ↩
5. Deuteronomy 19:16 Lit testify against ↩
6. Deuteronomy 19:16 Lit turning aside ↩
7. Deuteronomy 19:17 Deut 17:9 ↩
8. Deuteronomy 19:18 Deut 25:1 ↩
9. Deuteronomy 19:18 Lit testified against ↩
10. Deuteronomy 19:19 Prov 19:5 ↩
11. Deuteronomy 19:20 Deut 17:13; 21:21 ↩
12. Deuteronomy 19:21 Lit your eye ↩
13. Deuteronomy 19:21 Deut 19:13 ↩
14. Deuteronomy 19:21 Ex 21:23; Lev 24:20 ↩
15. Deuteronomy 19:21 Matt 5:38 ↩

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