New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 19:15-21

15“1A single witness shall not rise up against a person regarding any wrongdoing or any sin 2that he commits; on the 3testimony of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

16 4If a malicious witness rises up against a person to testify against him of wrongdoing,

17then both people who have the dispute shall stand 5before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.

18And the judges 6shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has testified against his brother falsely,

19then 7you shall do to him just as he had planned to do to his brother. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

20And 8the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.

21So 9 10you shall not show pity: 11life for life, 12eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and 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, that 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 19:17 Deut 17:9 ↩
6. Deuteronomy 19:18 Deut 25:1 ↩
7. Deuteronomy 19:19 Prov 19:5 ↩
8. Deuteronomy 19:20 Deut 17:13; 21:21 ↩
9. Deuteronomy 19:21 Lit your eye ↩
10. Deuteronomy 19:21 Deut 19:13 ↩
11. Deuteronomy 19:21 Ex 21:23; Lev 24:20 ↩
12. Deuteronomy 19:21 Matt 5:38 ↩

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