Deuteronomy 19:17

Deuteronomy 19:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
• New International Version (NIV)the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.

Context of Deuteronomy 19:17

15A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 16If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days. 18The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, 19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:17 word by word

וְעָמְד֧וּ שְׁנֵֽי־הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶ֥ם הָרִ֖יב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לִפְנֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְי֖וּ בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• between whom the controversyרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
• shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and the judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• which shall be in those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:17

• Deuteronomy 17:9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
• Deuteronomy 21:5Then the Levitical priests will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict)
• Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.
• Matthew 23:2“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Both the men, between whom the controversy is - Not the accused and the false witness, but the plaintiff and defendant (compare Exodus 23:1) who were summoned before the supreme court held, as provided in Deuteronomy 17, at the sanctuary. The judges acted as God‘s representative; to lie to them was to lie to Him.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 Sentence should never be passed upon the testimony of one witness alone. A false witness should suffer the same punishment which he sought to have inflicted upon the person he accused. Nor could any law be more just. Let all Christians not only be cautious in bearing witness in public, but be careful not to join in private slanders; and let all whose consciences accuse them of crime, without delay flee for refuge to the hope set before them…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2116-21. But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for his own condemnation, and his punishment shall be exactly the same as would have overtaken the object of his malignant prosecution. (See on Ex 21:23; see also Le 24:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 19:17

• Church
• Evidence
• False Teachers
• Fear of God
• Judge
• Priest
• Slander

In the dictionaries

• Add
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings